> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:48:20PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> 
> > What does the 'A' of PPPoA stand for?
> 
> stands for atm. when you use your machine as client
> you use pppoe between your machine and the modem, then
> the modem uses pppoa, going through the dslam then
> bas until it gets in the ip domain of your isp. when
> you use a modem-router, it does the connection and handles
> it (as pppoa) and then acts as a router for local
> machines, like your pc or whatever.

hmm... we get dynamic IP's from the german telekom.
So I don't think, it will act as a router...


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