Building a custom firewall running OPNsense is one of the greatest achievements and upgrades one can make to their local area network (LAN). A router supplied by an internet service provider (ISP) is ...

The point-to-point protocol, abbreviated PPP, is often used by computers to talk to internet service providers. If you have an office or home network using ethernet cables, your devices may use the ...

This post is a bit of 'today I re-learned' and a hopeful help for anyone who might come across this kind of issue, or for myself if I come across it again. Some number of years ago, I remember having ...

Last time around, we discussed Steve’s ADSL service provider’s move from authentication via Ethernet address of the attached device to Point-to-Point Protocols over Ethernet (PPPoE). The basic move ...

In the UK the ISPs use or tend to use PPPoA, and that is set in the modem device. But i've heard that in the US they use PPPoE. I spoke to a UK ISP, and he said (rightly, I tested it), you can use ...