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Verizon DSL question



 i totally agree with Brian.  if you can avoid verizon do so.  they do use pppoe.  if you can go with something else do that first.  keep verison as you last resort type thing
Abhi
  "Brian J. Conway" <bconway at wpi.edu> wrote: > I know someone who wants to buy a firewall/NAT/print server in a box 
> thingies. Does anyone know about interfacing one of these to Verizon
> DSL? Do they use PPoE?

Yes, Verizon DSL does use PPPoE (and I highly recommend against them
because of this, among other reasons), but if a router device supports
PPPoE they should be all set.

Brian J. Conway
bconway at wpi.edu

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl
is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
- Albert Einstein
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