早期国内的ADSL线路接入都是桥接方式，由ADSL MODEM和电脑配合，在电脑上分配固定IP地址，开机就能接入局端设备进入互联网。但是这样在用户不开机上网时，IP是不会被利用，会造成目前日益缺少 的公网IP资源的浪费，因此出现了PPPoE拨号的ADSL接入。 PPPoE拨号 ...

早期国内的ADSL线路接入都是桥接方式，由ADSL MODEM和电脑配合，在电脑上分配固定IP地址，开机就能接入局端设备进入互联网。但是这样在用户不开机上网时，IP是不会被利用，会造成目前日益缺少的公网IP资源的浪费，因此出现了PPPoE拨号的ADSL接入。 PPPoE拨号 ...

So we just moved to CenturyLink to hopefully save some money and get a faster connection, but when I ordered the service, I requested a Static IP and that the modem be set up in Bridging mode as I ...

In the UK the ISPs use or tend to use PPPoA, and that is set in the modem device. But i've heard that in the US they use PPPoE. I spoke to a UK ISP, and he said (rightly, I tested it), you can use ...

A modem is your gateway to the Internet. Many service providers allow you to rent a modem from them to ensure that it works properly. However, not all modems will work with all Internet providers -- ...

In Part I of this article (see the February 2002 issue of LJ), I explained how to configure the modem. At the end of the article you ended up with a symbolic link called /dev/modem that pointed to the ...

Before the globalization of wireless networks, most people in the world, who didn't have lines (cable or Ethernet) linked directly to the Internet, had to use telephone lines, the most widely used ...