Re: Installing ADSL

From: Michael W Cocke (cocke_at_catherders.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:16:30 -0400

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:46:04 +0100, "Gavin Brewer"
<gavinbr@clara.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Michael W Cocke" <cocke@catherders.com> wrote in message
>news:scpth0peoimn3hjjvrtmgv29ab57h6enmp@4ax.com...
>
>>
>> Hmm. You're going to need more details from your DSL provider to
>> start with. Is your DSL line using PPPoE? That's the only reason you
>> should be running ppp... I thought that was mainly cable modems, but
>> I may be wrong. Do you have a static IP address or are you supposed
>> to be getting all of your settings via DHCP?
>
>I dont know where to start as regards manually configurate static IP
>addresses, so I have decided to use DHCP.

Ummm. It's not your decision. You really need to spend some time
talking to your ISP, I think. If they're not using DHCP, you can't
use DHCP. The whole point to this is communication. If you aren't
listening to what they're saying, you're going nowhere.

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>I am using PPPoATM with kInternet to connect to the Internet.
>
>My provider (BT) requires the code 0.38 in order to initiate a
>connection. The ppp daemon works fine until reaching this point.

You really need to talk to BT, or another BT user then.

Mike- 

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