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Jason Partyka wrote:
>
> What is the point of PPPoE? What I mean is, why would a DSL provider use
> PPPoE instead of unaltered ethernet?
>
> I'm sure that Ameritech's PPPoE is the reason they advertise their service
> as Windows only (at least this was the way it was advertised when I was
> looking into DSL).
I have absolutley no idea. From what I've read it appears as a
connection icon in windows- similar to dial-up networking. By default
it disconnects after a certain period of time, and it appears to be a
legacy protocol. That's about all I know, until this afternoon, that
is. I do have a lot of questions, though. Why authenticate at all?
Why not use MAC addy? Why disconnect? Who's on top, SBC or Ameritech?
trent
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