From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaLAO-00020W-1Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:03:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C6ACE036E; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f177.google.com (mail-yx0-f177.google.com [209.85.210.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A5C5E036E for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so3272937yxe.32 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:03:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dyA7BKyRbLJyVMPcwcdM1I+wd/5eTVmS4hFd3m4XRlY=; b=GETwt2Uokeu6E7o66C3pQm3XjGwAI2s4lLyW1a88K2EMUN8yDdd3QiDwwU7j4Md3ct wSDPHZFp7AanHJ1WguFG3aKqsNEm+3T8OfQuwebKTTgt3qyUbXM9hboy6wjs9LUJXHBh V37VmtsLer4XoVYSOSFQ037YDXnmf0WiLtP3o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eagte4z0wV5VaZG/+r3QbOvv8LQDW9SWxrRUwRJBKDGl7cljpIAg8DYZAWK44bzguM 986mTWgCu4K1AWfTZID2XHQ86Od3AzzmsF+xQWdgwqpKJK7eDSuVPg33o6gJL7ybodhf CJa+ni1HblsPrAEgfc33o86lTqOlUyGsuFZWA= Received: by 10.90.25.11 with SMTP id 11mr3373717agy.77.1249873397955; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:03:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.164.211? (r164h211.dixie-net.com [64.89.164.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm9147908agb.65.2009.08.09.20.03.15 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:03:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A7F8DF0.6030007@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:03:12 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090628 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DSL and AT&T. About time. References: <4A7CBC95.9030008@gmail.com> <58965d8a0908091855l54c37a02ma5d36f4e7131e068@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0908091855l54c37a02ma5d36f4e7131e068@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6eaa3674-c738-4bad-ab84-6c008fa98f9d X-Archives-Hash: e3d326f6dbb6e73f7c2fa1ac7cb285a5 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Anyone here have AT&T DSL? Is there anything special software wise that >> I need to get it to work or do I just point to the URL of the modem and >> set it up that way? >> >> As some may know, I have been promised DSL for the past 5 years or so. >> It is supposed to be here next week. They put the cards in the DSL box >> today. YEPPIE !!!! If I don't get DSL this time, my next post may be >> from jail. I'm going to drive my uninsured 3/4 ton pick up right over >> their shiney new DSL box. :-@ >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > I believe they use PPPoE, which most consumer-grade DSL/Cable routers > have built in support for. On your Gentoo box you wouldn't need to do > anything special, I don't think. Depending if you're using DHCP or > not. > > > That is what I was thinking too. I still have dhcp installed from when I was with my ex and her cable internet. Sounds like I am pretty much ready to go here. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) :-)