Subj : Realplayer opens Netscape visiting sit
To   : Dale A Cook
From : David Calafrancesco
Date : Mon Aug 28 2000 06:31 am

Dale A Cook wrote in a message to Jim Rysyk:

 JR> Anyone using Sympatico PPPoE with OS/2?
 DAC>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^What is PPPoE ???????

PPP is Point to Point Protocol and the oE is over Ethernet. Not to be confused 
with PPPoA which is Point to Point Prot over ATM. They are ways to encapsulate 
the authentication system for an always on connection. Essentially your local 
hdwr makes the connection to their radius box using the already existing ether 
or ATM connection and once you are authenticated the pipe will allow regular IP 
traffic to flow. 

This is for Jim and others:

I would expect that Bjarn has an InJoy version to work PPPoE and probably even 
PPPoA but as I don't have ADSL nor am I likely to see it before 2001 I can't 
speak from personal knowledge. I would also suggest an alternative solution, 
that is to use a $200 ADSL sharing HUB that speaks to the DSL modem on one side 
and your local LAN on the other. It should allow any of your local systems to 
share your ADSL line. 


Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

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