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to: David N. Barnett
from: David Blair
date: 2003-05-01 21:05:10
subject: Re: Internet connection on XP

From: "David Blair" 

Ummmm.... not the same thing. PPPoE is Point to Point Protocol over
Ethernet. PPPoE is a specification for connecting the users on an Ethernet
to the Internet through a common broadband medium. DHCP is how it assigns
the IP address.


"David N. Barnett"  wrote in message
news:no93bvgp2c974731t39nkg411batat83na{at}4ax.com...
> On Thu, 1 May 2003 16:17:42 -0500, "David Blair"
>  wrote in message :
>
> | No, it's a PPPoE connection. It's the exact same as the setup I have on
this machine Same ISP (for the next 24 hours...)
>
> Thank God my SWB DSL service is still DHCP.
>
> --dnb

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