devivo30
join:2003-12-30
Decatur, IL
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Re: [modem/router] Westell 6100 / Linksys Router /
Gracie -- I am in Illinois (Central IL, between Bloomington-Normal and Champaign-Urbana.) My Verizon DSL is using DHCP not PPPoE. When I did the WAN auto-detect from the Westell 6100, it responded that a DHCP server was found and a PPPoE server was not found. Also, when I followed the guide that paradisecowgirl posted for putting the 6100 into bridge mode and using DHCP on the router, it worked like a champ. Finally, nowhere on the PC, the modem or the router was I asked to put in my Verizon username/password, which further leads me believe that this is DHCP, not PPPoE.
This is a brand new Verizon DSL account. I just reached my activation date last week. Also, DSL has just recently become available in my area (within the past month or two.) So, if it's Verizon's strategy to switch from PPPoE to DHCP, that might explain it.
By the way, I'm in Le Roy Illinois, not Decatur. We recently moved. In Decatur, I had SBC DSL. Here in Le Roy, Verizon is the telco.
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gracie
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confusion
| said by devivo30  :Gracie -- I am in Illinois (Central IL, between Bloomington-Normal and Champaign-Urbana.) My Verizon DSL is using DHCP not PPPoE. ah! and i thought the only accounts not using pppoe were in the west. thanx for the clarification!
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darcilicious
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| said by gracie :ah! and i thought the only accounts not using pppoe were in the west. thanx for the clarification! For the most part, exGTE areas (which are not just in "the west") are DHCP. There are, however, a few pockets of PPPoE deployments when Verizon had thought they would switch everyone over to PPPoE -- that plan only lived long enough to confuse everyone 
(Also, I only suggested the DHCP guide after asking if his computer was doing PPPoE for him when no router was in the mix). |
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gracie
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| said by darcilicious : I only suggested the DHCP guide after asking if his computer was doing PPPoE for him when no router was in the mix). yes, i know, and i'm glad you did! a new resource to add...clear explanation.
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