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 1MaK6M-0002z9-4s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:55:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C192E04DC; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:55:04 +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 48E9CE04DC for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so3242116yxe.32 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:55:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=r700Y3o+0Fx65mHzP5RXNrYg+JsXZjdqCa+S4l4E5Zg=; b=F5zgDuoAnpnIT4AsjZ+cw3Ua6TBCckMqm8cVvVrpCPjNjBfuCE+2GQVURfTHxID4VD HPubz3Ru6sOv+CjRYWUIF6CRSSKR/TjUGVwokuT/3+BQF7DsQDqBXMcq8RZoIzkBR4Ej tOskYapGSPkaaqnNg043vsMdXnzo7i7Eoib4s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=f3xzDp92AWEIRwlz8UUBlCwdTNIGyoK6r1KphECECLvXzVpDEHqs+kZCWCbF3zY8BB iQoC+4s3rriBMyVTzGt+vsQcmItSxDw09R3OijqU7s3RW3OdUThj38bLlavj+Sb2s1io m5e2WrqZRpNaaGo8O+Yjx8/qzDif3ke630vmc= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.53.6 with SMTP id b6mr1083103yba.244.1249869304010; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:55:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A7CBC95.9030008@gmail.com> References: <4A7CBC95.9030008@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:55:03 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 123f0e01bf4ec64a Message-ID: <58965d8a0908091855l54c37a02ma5d36f4e7131e068@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DSL and AT&T. About time. From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 53ed6b34-c10c-4e32-be96-d26230c957e0 X-Archives-Hash: 89ae6226034f9fbf92c8e463cfc25b8a 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.