Verizon DSL

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 22:04, Travis Fraser wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 21:09, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 16:12, Travis Fraser wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:34, Mike Burger wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote:
> > > > 
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> > > > > Mike Burger wrote:
> > > > >  
> > > > > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software
> > > > > is useless.
> > > > 
> > > > Since when?  My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE 
> > > > authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, 
> > > > before I moved out of Verizon-land.
> > > > 
> > > > > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as
> > > > > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net
> > > > 
> > > > The router might also need the authentication information.
> > > > 
> > > > However, let's find out for sure.  Joseph...did you receive a user name 
> > > > and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection?
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> > > 
> > > I helped a friend in Philadelphia setup Verizon DSL recently. The
> > > connection is ethernet to the DSL modem that came in his install kit. He
> > > used a username/password initially when setting up the modem under
> > > windows. When we hooked up his linux box, the modem handed him an
> > > address via dhcp and it just works. No authentication or any pppoe.
> > > 
> > > Travis Fraser
> > > 
> > 
> > Your description says it DOES use authentication.  You had to put the
> > info into the modem to make it connect.  Once that has been done the
> > modem does not care what is attached on the back side by ethernet.  It
> > still uses PPPoE and authentication to connect.
> > 
> > No PPPoE on the LAN side, but PPPoE on the provider (verison) side.
> > 
> 
> True enough, I just meant that no authentication had to be setup on his
> computer and no configuring of PPPoE. By the way, if this dsl modem is
> acting as a router, how does one go about setting up dynamic dns to his
> computer?
> 
> 
> Travis Fraser
> 
The internet side of the router would be the IP that needs DNS
reference, and you will need a tool to query the IP and update the DNS
server everytime the IP changes.  The modem needs to be set up to
forward certain ports to his PC.

www.dyndns.com is one source with service and tools for this.