DSL: NetworkManager vs pppoeconf

[Brian McKee]

On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 18:11 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Jared Greenwald wrote:
> > I just noticed that there is a tab under NetworkManager's "edit
> > interfaces" dialog that allows for setup of a DSL connection.  I also
> > noticed that if I configure an interface under pppoeconf, it no longer
> > shows up under network manager.  So, the question is, what is the
> > preferred method of configuring DSL?  Also, what is the field called
> > "Service" used for?
> imho the preferred method of configuring DSL is using a router. Thus you 
> will not be any longer connected directly to the Internet. Instead you 
> are using a private network without any need for a "special DSL 
> Configuration"
> 
> Imho you really should not expose a PC directly to the Interent, when 
> you can do without it. And this also applies to Linux.;-)

And what OS do you suppose is running on that Router? :-)

I would think that if you are using Network manager, go ahead and use
it's DSL configuration option.  But either should be fine.  Use what
works for you.

Brian
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