[ale] HOW2 install BellSouth DSL with a USB link rather than Ethernet ?

Jim Popovitch jimpop at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 30 12:41:22 EDT 2006


On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 11:04 -0400, Ben Coleman wrote:
> If the Westell is configured to do PPPOE itself and operating as a NATting
> router (which I believe is the default configuration from BellSouth), yes,
> this should do fine.  If it's set up in bridged mode (where the attached
> computer needs to run PPPOE), it may be another story.

When I tested BellSouth's DSL a while back, the Westel I received was in
bridge mode and had to be changed into router mode.  Once I did that
(instructions are included in the Westel manual) I could log into the
Westel and configure the PPPoE params.

-Jim P.




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