PPPoE for RH 7.3

[Russell Harrison]

I can understand that.  Thank god for the fedora legacy project or I'd have
to upgrade my router box at home.  Something I've been putting off for a
good year now.

Next OS this thing gets is going to be CentOS so I don't have to worry about
security patches. . .

On 5/16/06, Burke, Thomas G. <tg.burke at ngc.com> wrote:
>
> I am still running 6.3, because I did not want to do a full system
> upgrade, then have to learn iptables.  I am running ipchains, and have
> my box locked down just about as well as can be done.  For a
> file/print/internet server, I saw no reason to upgrade, and still do
> not.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Russell Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:15 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: PPPoE for RH 7.3
>
> Out of curiosity, what is preventing you from updating it?
>
> Not have the time to do the update is a totally valid answer.  I'm just
> trying to understand what are the things keeping people on really old
> releases in general.  I know 7.3 was solid as a rock but its pretty out
> of date.  From the number of machines that keep popping up running 7.3
> there must be some good reasons for sticking with it.
>
> On 5/16/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
> >
> > My DSL provider is changing from bridged to PPPoE.  I've got an old
> > laptop running RH 7.3 (can't be updated) acting as a firewall/router.
>
> > I now need a PPPoE client.  What is the package to use for this
> purpose in RH 7.3?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
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