Red hat 7.1 and Verizon DSL

[mikeshn]

I install Red Hat 7.1 on my computer. Verizon DSL doesn't support Linux. Does it is possbile to use Verizon DSL on Linux. Thanks

 

[Ausm]

Do you mean you have a PPOE Connection? All the verizon customers I service in this area have it built into the modem so they don't need the software on their systems to connect


Ausm

 

[n0cmonkey]

Verizon DSL in my area works great with OpenBSD. Id assume it would work fine with linux too.

 

[mikeshn]

How you do that? Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< How you do that? Thanks >>



I setup my external interface to use dhcp. It was that simple for me.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

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I setup my external interface to use dhcp. It was that simple for me. >>



cocky bastard

 

[n0cmonkey]

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I setup my external interface to use dhcp. It was that simple for me. >>



cocky bastard >>



Maybe, but it works

 

[DaHitman]

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I setup my external interface to use dhcp. It was that simple for me. >>



cocky bastard >>



Actually hes right.. I use OpenBSD as my firewall/router for my DSL as well.. it has much better support for PPPOE than Linux.. in fact its all built in and it was a breeze to get it going compared to what it takes in Linux... One reason when I went from Cable Modem to DSL, I moved my Linux web/mail server back into the internal network, and moved its old firewalling duites to a new OpenBSD box.. granted it was easy for me because I am a professional unix admin with about a decade of experience, and I ran OpenBSD for years before I used Linux as a router... so going back was a peice of cake.. but I tell I was gonna keep my existing Linux box and decided after looking in to it that it was much more work than setting it up in OpenBSD..


OpenBSD rocks.. the FTP based install is sweet (only have to download a floppy to install, thats IT) but damn the partioning is fuxored.. (I had to use a freaking calulator)

 

[n0cmonkey]

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I setup my external interface to use dhcp. It was that simple for me. >>



cocky bastard >>



Actually hes right.. I use OpenBSD as my firewall/router for my DSL as well.. it has much better support for PPPOE than Linux.. in fact its all built in and it was a breeze to get it going compared to what it takes in Linux... One reason when I went from Cable Modem to DSL, I moved my Linux web/mail server back into the internal network, and moved its old firewalling duites to a new OpenBSD box.. granted it was easy for me because I am a professional unix admin with about a decade of experience, and I ran OpenBSD for years before I used Linux as a router... so going back was a peice of cake.. but I tell I was gonna keep my existing Linux box and decided after looking in to it that it was much more work than setting it up in OpenBSD..


OpenBSD rocks.. the FTP based install is sweet (only have to download a floppy to install, thats IT) but damn the partioning is fuxored.. (I had to use a freaking calulator) >>



Is it built in? Wow, I havent had to deal with it (not pppoe as far as I can tell). As far as partitioning goes, I have had no problems and did not need a calculator (and Ive got like 6 partitions not including swap on 3 disks).

 

[DaHitman]

<< Is it built in? Wow, I havent had to deal with it (not pppoe as far as I can tell). >>




Yeah... OpenBSD 3.0 has PPPOE support built right in.. its almost as easy as a normal PPP connection... Linux on the other hand has a couple of different ways to do it, and each one pretty much requires building and adding in a bunch of beta code from various sources... not pretty.