On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 06:17:01AM +0800, Ray Rashif wrote: > On 11 September 2011 06:12, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:56:08AM +0300, cantabile wrote: > > > >> This thread is relevant: > >> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-June/014388.html > > > > Yes and no. > > > > Early ADSL modems (such as the green Alcatel flat fish shaped one, > > I still have it) required you to set up a ppp connection on top > > of the ATM based link they provided. Today's ADSL modems provide > > a network interface directly and don't need require the user's > > system to use ppp. > > Ahh, now I see what you're getting at. :-) OTOH, even if the chip in this modem provides such an interface, that does not imply that Vodafone's servers are able to use it - maybe they only accept ppp. It would be interesting to find out what the Windoze drivers are using. Ciao, -- FA
