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[joshua d boyd]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:13:31AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:56:30AM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> > Err, PPPoE generally doesn't use USB devices.  This is because the E
> > stands for ethernet.  I suppose that you could hook the modem up using one
> > of those cheap usb -> ethernet gadgets, but why if you have spare slots?
> 
> The "E" means the "ethernet" between the cablemodem/dsl 
> "modem" and the remote end.  You can get cablemodems or
> DSL "modems" that connect to the PC via either USB or
> ethernet; my 3Com "shark fin" cablemodem is one of them.

Well I'll be.  Every PPPOE setup that I've seen featured ethernet between
the host and the modem, so I assumed that's what the E stood
for.  

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/