Thanks (Re: Ameritech DSL)

[Wesley Leonard <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you to everybody who responded.  I picked up some valuable information.

I'll be testing the Roaring Penguin software out at a friend's house soon.  I'll
keep everybody posted.

Excited for DSL!  Need bandwidth...  cannot type complete sentences without
it....
-- 

Wesley Leonard
marshall@pacdemon.org

http://www.pacdemon.org
"...I want Linux to be on the cutting edge, and even a bit past the edge,
because what's past the edge today is what's on your desktop tomorrow."
	--Linus Torvalds


W Guy Finley wrote:
> 
> At 10:55 PM 12/3/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >all i know is that ameritech is now part of the prodigy network thingy... so
> >perhaps that'd be why there was a change...
> >
> 
> Actually I was told the ATM modem was a compatibility nightmare, not just
> for we Linux types.
> 
> As far as the prior question regarding the advantages of PPPoE over ATM I
> haven't the foggiest.  I'm told the reason they use PPPoE is to retain a
> "dialup feel" for people which I don't quite get.
> 
> I have PPPoE set up to logon during bootup so when I'm going between my
> Windows gaming sessions and my Linux work sessions it automatically logs me
> on and sets up the firewall......now if Windows could just do the same
> thing!!  :)
> 
> --Guy