[ale] OT: DSL modems connected

[Michael Trausch]

Most DSL uses PPPoE to connect. You can use PPTP to achieve a similar effect without requiring an e.g. DSLAM to provide service. 

If on a secure network, plain Ethernet tunnels work just fine. 

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> On Oct 30, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking more of a technical aspect not for a real application!
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
>> I'm always hesitant to reply to topic like this in this forum, but I will suggest, no. 
>> 
>> ISDN and POTS (plain old telephone) did go through the phone switch.  So connecting to a specific endpoint made sense.  
>> 
>> Perhaps what you are wanting to do could be addressed as a router-to-router VPN instead.  Which is coloring inside the lines for regular DSL. 
>> 
>> Neal Rhodes
>> MNOP Ltd
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, 2013-10-30 at 13:11 -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>> I know is totally irrelevant today! But ...lets try.
>>> Can you connect two DSL modems together to do point-to-point connection in the same fashion as two telephone modems or ISDN modems without special equipment?
>>> Just something to think ...
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