RCA 580 Manuale Utente

4 SpeedTouch™ Internet Connectivity

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4.2 Connect to the Internet via a Host PPPoE Dial-

in Client

Introduction

This section explains how you can connect to the Internet using a Broadband PPPoE 
dial-in application. The PPP over Ethernet connection scenario provides PPP-like dial-in 
behavior over the virtual Ethernet segment.
To be able to use a broadband dial-in application on your computer for connecting to 
the Internet, the SpeedTouch™ needs to be configured for Bridged Ethernet or Routed 
PPPoE (with PPPoE relay) via the SpeedTouch™ Setup wizard or the embedded 

.

BroadBand dial-in

clients

To connect to the Internet you can use:

•

An MS Windows XP broadband dial-in client.
See 

 for 

more information.

•

A Mac OS X broadband dial-in client.
See 

 for more infor-

mation.

- or -

•

A broadband PPPoE dial-in client provided by your Service Provider to connect to 
the Internet

Upon availability of OS-specific PPPoE dial-in client applications, the 
latter method is Operating System independent.
For PPPoE session connectivity from a Mac OS 8.6/9.x, a MS Windows 
95/98(SE)/ME/2000 or a Linux system, a host PPPoE dial-in application 
is mandatory.