[NTLUG:Discuss] swbell dsl

[Keith Rice]

Kyle,

I recently got a SWB DSL line myself and was initially distraught by the
fact that SWB supports only Windoze and Mac. The PPPoE connection is
handled by a product from NTS called Enternet 300. I went to the NTS web
site at www.nts.com and found that they have a Linux client called
Enternet 100 available for $29. I bought the client, installed it, and
got my Linux box up on the DSL line with ease. The package comes
pre-compiled for the sake of convenience but it does come with source
code. Of course, I compiled it myself rather than use their binaries.
Granted, I had to pay the money for the client but I'm up on the DSL.

Keith Rice

Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> 
> I hate to bring this up yet again, but a friend jumped at SWBell DSL offer for
> his windows, and now finds he can't connect with linux.  I used to think these
> were all just DHCP connections, but after looking at the windows connection, I
> see it installs a dummy ip on the ethernet card and then a "PPPoE" connection on
> top of that with its own routing information.  I'm guessing it is "ppp over
> ethernet".  Of course they do not support anything but windoze and mac.   I
> suspect there might be additional authentication too, since the software takes
> you to a website to sign on the first time.
> 
> Has anyone got this working thru linux?  Was a solution brought up before?  Is
> there a searchable archive of NTLUG's mailing lists?
> 
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