[ale] Getting BSFA to work with Linux using PPPoA?

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Ryan Bradford Neily wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to get Bellsouth Fastaccess to work with Redhat 7.0
> on a PPPoA connection?  I am currently using PPPoE (Roaring Pengiun) and
> it works great, however, I would like to use PPPoA to see if I get a
> little better performance.
> 
> My current setup is Roaring Pengiun PPPoE, and a Alcatel 1000.  I would
> like to go to PPPoA, and the Alcatel 1000. Is this as simple as starting
> the PPTP client under linux? 

PPTP really has nothing to do with dsl.  It's the 'point-to-point
tunneling protocol' developed by Microsoft.  It's typically used to
create (insecure) vpns.

That is, unless there is another PPTP that I'm not aware of, which is
very likely...

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