Linux-friendly ISPs?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, jdow wrote:

> The real question comes from a lower level. With DSL, at least, the 
> question the first level staff finds baffling is how the DSL 
> connection is wrapped. Is it straight Ethernet look alike with no 
> encapsulation or is it wrapped PPPoE? But a little experimentation 
> can usually solve that issue. And my suspicion is that PPPoE is used 
> almost exclusively on all new DSL connections.

ah, that's a good point.  i never had to worry about that since the 
first thing i did was drop a linksys WAP router + 4-port switch next 
to the DSL modem, and the linksys understood PPPoE, so i didn't have 
to go the roaring penguin route.  works great.

rday