Hello,

I just got my Mindspring/Covad DSL connection,
which assigns a dynamic IP address at connection time,
and I thought it might be fun to set up a router
(I don't know much about networking).
Dusted off my centris 650, installed NetBSD 1.3.3,
and messed with dhcp configurations for a while,
but never got the centris to connect with the ISP.
So I investigated further, and ran into an apparent
dead-end:  the DSL service uses PPP over ethernet
(PPPoE), and apparently NetBSD 1.3.3 doesn't
support that.  

Questions:
1.  has anybody had success in connecting with
    pacbell or mindspring DSL service, where the IP address is
    allocated dynamically?
2.  do I need a PPPoE client at all?

thanks!

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