[ale] pppoe router recommendations

[Fulton Green]

FWIW, I just got Bell$outh DSL, and still have yet to boot to Windows with
it (i.e., it seems to work w/Linux just fine).  I did report earlier about
how my telnet/ssh sessions (but not the PPPoE connection itself) would get
slammed shut if there wasn't any Internet traffic for a period of more than
30 seconds.  Turns out a simple ping to the nearest uplink router every 14
seconds is enough to keep my ssh session(s) alive.

Anyhow, I was researching this the other day a bit.  I believe the newer
Linksys gateways handle this, but look on the box and/or the website for the
PPPoE keyword before you purchase.  I think I remember Belkin using the
PPPoE phrase as well for its competing products.

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 05:40:49PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> I used to have bellsouth DSL, using my linux firewall and pppoe.  I got 
> it working though I have to admit it seemed a little odd.  But I had 
> real reliability problems -  something would die somewhere, and 
> eventually, the pppoe daemon would die.  And I'd restart it by hand.  
> Eventually, I built a fairly ugly conglomeration of scripts to try to 
> keep things running smoothly.
> 
> Now, thanks to DirectTV, I'm going to go back to Bellsouth for DSL 
> service. I plan on buying an inexpensive router that will handle the 
> pppoe crap for me.  (this will also give me a real DMZ, instead of a 
> pretend one I have now).  The question is, what brand/model do you 
> recommend?  I'd definately like something that works with ddclient, 
> efficiently....
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