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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Nomdo Jansonius wrote:
> >
> > Anyone who managed to get ADSL running in BL2?
>
> I have no personal experience with ADSL, but isn't
> it like a permanent TCP/IP link?  If so, I'm guessing
> you'd install the appropriate module (insmod) and
> configure the interface (ifconfig).

Maybe he needs to authenticate?  With some DSL/ADSL providers you have to
use PPPoE (point-to-point-protocol-over-ethernet) to handle the login
(provide uname and password).  Not sure if Slack71 would have any PPPoE
package.

James