Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: [ale] Mindspring/Earthlink DSL and linux ?)

[John Mills]

Hello -

Mindspring/Earthlink 'allows' up to 3 computers per DSL connection
according to their web page. They also say more than one computer is
unsupported, and don't seem willing to talk about it on the phone. How
well do multiple computers on one modem coexist?

I assume I would put in a hub at the modem, then my [two] computers would
independently use the link. Is that correct, or would then have to
coordinate and only one establish a link at one time? How could the two
computers establish a link to each other, without having independently
established their PPP links to Mindspring?

One will be Linux, one is an iMac: I expect limits my options.

Thanks for any comments - my favored alternative has a sign-up offer which
expires today!

TIA.

Regards -
 John Mills


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