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RASPPPOE Version
0.98 has been updated
to fix the "Error 31" issue some Windows NT
4.0 users experienced. Thanks go out to Jason Birch for helping me figure out what the
problem was.
This version offers the
following improvements over RASPPPOE Version 0.96:
This is a PPP over
Ethernet (short: PPPoE) implementation for Windows
95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT
4.0, 2000, XP, .NET.
PPPoE as a method for establishing PPP connections through Ethernet adapters is
described in RFC 2516 and is used by many broadband service
providers to allow authentication and maintain the familiar "dial-up
experience" when connecting to the Internet through a broadband modem.
Note, however, that not all broadband service providers use
PPPoE. If you know you need PPPoE to connect to your service
provider and you happen to be using one of the supported operating systems,
this implementation could be of interest to you.
Although there are several
other PPPoE implementations for Windows, this one still has its unmatched
strong points:
Even though Windows
XP/.NET comes with builtin PPPoE support, Microsoft's implementation
is not yet as sophisticated as RASPPPOE. See this feature
comparison chart:
|
Feature |
Microsoft PPPoE in |
RASPPPOE |
|
Seamless
integration with the operating system |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Fully
exploits the maximum possible PPPoE MTU (1492) |
No |
YES |
|
Supports
Internet Connection Sharing and NAT seamlessly |
No |
YES |
|
Allows
tuning the TCP RWIN without registry changes* |
No |
YES |
|
Offers
PPPoE server (Access Concentrator) capability |
No |
YES |
* To increase the
autonegotiated TCP RWIN with RASPPPOE, use the Specify
Link Speed option and specify a link speed of 101Mbps or
greater, e.g. enter 101000 (kbps) as the link speed
the protocol should report. Windows XP/.NET will then autonegotiate a TCP RWIN
of approx. 64KB instead of the default 16KB,
which is often too small for broadband connections.
Generally yes,
but you require a driver for your modem that exposes the Ethernet
medium type (NdisMedium802_3) in addition to this protocol.
This medium type is sometimes referred to as RFC 1483 encapsulation
or RFC 2684 encapsulation. You may also have to find out the VCI
and VPI parameters your service provider uses. To check if you
can communicate with your service provider, run RASPPPOE.EXE
after installing the protocol and click the Query Available Services
button. If you get at least one service offer listed, your setup is working.
A wholehearted THANK
YOU to all the happy RASPPPOE users from all over the world who sent
me their compatibility reports. By now it is apparent that this PPP over
Ethernet implementation will work with pretty much every
service all over the world that uses PPPoE. Unfortunately, it has become a too
time consuming task to keep the list updated, thus I will no longer make
additions to it, and probably remove it with the next update. Again, thank you
for all your contributions!
This PPP over Ethernet
implementation has been reported to work successfully with the following
Service Providers and Services:
|
Service Provider |
Service, Speed |
|
AEI
Internet inc. (Canada) |
AEI High
Speed Internet Access, 1.3 Mbps/320 kbps |
|
Ameritech.net
(USA) |
SpeedPath
768, 768/128 kbps |
|
Antel
(Uruguay) |
Residential
ADSL Service, 256/64 kbps |
|
Arnet
(Argentina) |
Arnet
Highway ADSL 256/128 kbps |
|
Axelero
Internet Inc. (Hungary) |
ADSL Otthon
384/64 kbps |
|
Belgacom,
Belgacom Skynet (Belgium) |
Turbo
Line Go, 750/128 kbps |
|
Belgacom,
Belgacom Skynet (Belgium) |
Turbo
Line Plus, 1 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Belgacom,
Easynet (Belgium) |
EasyDSL
Go, 750/128 kbps |
|
Belgacom,
Easynet (Belgium) |
EasyDSL
Plus, 1 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Belgacom,
Planet Internet (Belgium) |
Planet
ADSL, 750/128 kbps |
|
Belgacom, Planet Internet (Belgium) |
Planet
ADSL MEGA, 1 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Bell Canada (Canada) |
Sympatico High Speed
Edition, 960/120 kbps |
|
Bell
Nexxia, IGS Information Gateway Services (Canada) |
DSL
Service, 128/128 kbps |
|
BellSouth (USA) |
FastAccess, 1.5 Mbps/256
kbps |
|
Canbras
TVA, Canbras Net (Brazil) |
Light
User Cable Service, 64/32 kbps |
|
CenturyTel
(USA) |
CenturyTel
DSL, 512/256 kbps |
|
China Telecom (China) |
DSL service, 256/256 kbps |
|
Chunghwa Telecom, HiNet
(Taiwan) |
DSL service, 6 Mbps/640
kbps |
|
Ciudad
Internet (Argentina) |
Ciudad
Internet FLASH, 256/256 kbps |
|
Ciudad
Internet (Argentina) |
Ciudad Internet
FLASH 512/512 kbps |
|
Companhia de
Telecomunicações de Macau (Macau) |
CyberCTM
Broadband, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Covad.net (USA) |
TeleSpeed
144 ISDL, 144/144 kbps |
|
CTBC
Telecom (Brazil) |
CTBC
NetSuper-ADSL, 2 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Cyber Express Communication
Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
Cyber
Express Residential 1.5M Broadband Service, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Cyber Express
Communication Ltd. (Hong
Kong) |
Cyber
Express Residential 3M Broadband Service, 3 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
DADA Italia,
dada.it (Italy) |
Fast Internet ADSL 640, 640/128 kbps |
|
Deutsche Telekom, T-Online (Germany) |
T-ISDN-dsl, 768/128 kbps |
|
Earthlink, Sprint (USA) |
Earthlink Sprint DSL, 384
kbps - 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Eesti Telefon
AS (Estonia) |
Atlas
ADSL Light, 256/64 kbps |
|
eircom.net
(Ireland) |
i-stream
solo, 512/128 kbps |
|
France Télécom,
Liberty Surf (France) |
Netissimo 1,
512/128 kbps |
|
France Télécom,
Wanadoo (France) |
Netissimo 1,
512/128 kbps |
|
France Télécom,
Wanadoo (France) |
Netissimo 2, 1
Mbps/256 kbps |
|
HanseNet
(Germany) |
Speed-Komplett
ADSL, 2 Mbps/192 kbps |
|
HKNet Co.
Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
Broadband
Service, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
ICA
Canada On-Line Inc. (Canada) |
Canada
On-Line DSL Service, 2.5 Mbps/640 kbps |
|
Infocom-PLDT
(Philippines) |
myDSL-Personal
128/64 kbps |
|
Infocom-PLDT
(Philippines) |
myDSL-Professional
256/128 kbps |
|
Infostrada
(Italy) |
Libero ADSL,
640/128 kbps |
|
Internet Gateway Corp. (Canada) |
Fatwire Pro, 2.5 Mbps/640 kbps |
|
Internet
Initiative Japan Inc., IIJ4u (Japan) |
Flet's
ADSL, 1.5 Mbps/512 kbps |
|
Korea Telecom (South
Korea) |
Ultra High Speed Internet
service, 8 Mbps/640 kbps |
|
Mangoosta
(France) |
Mangosta 512c,
512/128 kbps |
|
Manitoba
Telecom Services (Canada) |
MTS High
Speed Internet, 960/120 kbps |
|
Mannesmann Arcor (Germany) |
Arcor-DSL,
128/128 kbps |
|
Mannesmann
Arcor (Germany) |
Arcor-DSL,
768/128 kbps |
|
Millicom
(Argentina) |
Millicom
Wireless Internet Service, 32/32 kbps |
|
Mindspring (USA) |
MindSpring Max DSL 1.5
Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Mobilcom
(Germany) |
Highspeed-DSL-Flatrate,
768/128 kbps |
|
Mobilcom
(Germany) |
Turbo-DSL-Flatrate,
1 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Molalla
Communications Company (USA) |
MCC ADSL
Service, 768/384 kbps |
|
NetCologne
(Germany) |
NetDSL, 1
Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Nevada
Bell, Nevada Bell Internet Services (USA) |
Basic DSL
Internet Service, 384 kbps - 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
NTT
(Japan) |
Flet's
ADSL, 1.5 Mbps/512 kbps |
|
Pacific Bell, Pacific
Bell Internet Services (USA) |
Basic DSL Internet
Service, 384 kbps - 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Pacific
Century CyberWorks IMS Limited (Hong Kong) |
Netvigator
1.5M Ultra Line, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Pacific
Internet (Australia) |
AdvanceDSL,
1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Plala (Japan) |
Flets ADSL Set,
1.5 Mbps/512 kbps |
|
Postes et Télécommunications
Luxembourg, LuxDSL (Luxembourg) |
LuxDSL-Start
ADSL, 256/64 kbps |
|
Primus Telecom
(Australia) |
Jetstream
HomeJET ADSL, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Primus
Telecommunications Canada Inc. (Canada) |
High
Speed Internet ADSL, 960/120 kbps |
|
riodata
(Germany) |
rioBusiness
ADSL, 1 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
SecureNet
(Canada) |
High
Speed Internet Access, 1.3 Mbps/320 kbps |
|
Shanghai
Telecom (China) |
ADSL
Service, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
SingTel,
SingNet (Signapore) |
Magix SuperSurf
(512 Ethernet), 512/128 kbps |
|
SION
(Argentina) |
SION
ADSL, 256/128 kbps |
|
Southern New England
Telecom, SNET Internet (USA) |
Standard DSL Internet
Service, 384 kbps - 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Southwestern
Bell, Southwestern Bell Internet Services (USA) |
Basic DSL
Internet Service, 384 kbps - 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps |
|
Sprint
(USA) |
Sprint
FastConnect DSL, 1.5 Mbps/384 kbps |
|
SurNet
(Chile) |
ADSL
XTREME, 256/128 kbps |
|
Swisscom,
Bluewin (Switzerland) |
BroadWay
Light ADSL, 256/64 kbps |
|
Swisscom, Bluewin (Switzerland) |
BroadWay
Basic ADSL, 512/128 kbps |
|
TDS TELECOM (USA) |
TDS.NET ADSL, 768/384 kbps |
|
Tele Danmark (Denmark) |
Pro@ccess
ADSL, 2 Mbps/512 kbps |
|
Telecom Italia
(Italy) |
Teleconomy
ADSL, 256/128 kbps |
|
Telecom Italia, tin.it
(Italy) |
Fast Internet ADSL 640,
640/128 kbps |
|
Telefônica
São Paulo (Brazil) |
Speedy
Home 2 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Telenor
(Norway) |
Telenor
Internett ADSL, 384/128 kbps |
|
Telenor
(Norway) |
Telenor
Internett ADSL, 704/128 kbps |
|
Telenor
(Norway) |
Telenor
Internett ADSL, 1 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Telepac
(Portugal) |
NetFast
ADSL, 256/64 kbps |
|
Telepac
(Portugal) |
NetFast
ADSL, 768/128 kbps |
|
Telstra,
BigPond Internet Services (Australia) |
Telstra
BigPond ADSL Freedom Standard, 256/64 kbps |
|
Telstra,
BigPond Internet Services (Australia) |
Telstra
BigPond ADSL Freedom Deluxe, 512/128 kbps |
|
Telstra,
BigPond Internet Services (Australia) |
Telstra
BigPond ADSL Business Deluxe, 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
Telvia (Italy) |
Highway
ADSL 640/128, 640/128 kbps |
|
Thunder
Bay Internet (Canada) |
ADSL Home
Service, 1.5 Mbps/512 kbps |
|
Türk Telekom (Turkey) |
TTnet
ADSL Service, 128/32 kbps |
|
United
Broadband Technology, Loxley Information Services (Thailand) |
ADSL Home
Connect Service, 128/64 kbps |
|
Velocet Communications, Inc. (Canada) |
ADSL Home Service, 1.2
Mbps/320 kbps |
|
Verizon
Communications (USA) |
Verizon Online
DSL Personal, 640/90 kbps |
|
Verizon
Communications (USA) |
Verizon Online
DSL Professional, 1.6 Mbps/90 kbps |
|
Verizon
Communications (USA) |
Verizon Online
DSL Power, 7.1 Mbps/680 kbps |
|
Versatel Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG (Germany) |
VersaNet 1024k, 1 Mbps/256 kbps |
|
VTX (Switzerland) |
CopperNET ADSL, 256/64 kbps |
|
Wanadoo (The
Netherlands) |
Wanadoo
Cable Plus, 64/32 kbps |
Note 1: Bell Canada's routers reportedly
have a problem with RASPPPOE's default MTU of
1492, which typically manifests itself in the inability to
send larger e-mails. To work around this problem, use the protocol's Override
Maximum Transfer Unit option (see the README for
details) to override the MTU to 1460.
Note 2: To connect to the T-Online service,
concatenate your Anschlusskennung, T-Online-Nummer
and Mitbenutzernummer (typically 0001) and
append @t-online.de (case-sensitive!) as the user name. To
integrate RASPPPOE into the T-Online Software,
install RASPPPOE and then, in the T-Online software, configure
the Zugangsart and select Zugang über ein Modem oder
ISDN... and ...innerhalb Deutschlands. You will then
be presented with a list of modems, in which your network adapter(s) will
appear. Select the network adapter your DSL modem is connected to and RASPPPOE
will be fully integrated into the T-Online software.
Note 3: Mindspring's servers reportedly
have a problem detecting when a connection is ended without proper termination.
This is an issue when configuring an "always on"
connection in Windows 2000/XP/.NET and shutting the machine
down or rebooting - after three reboots, you may find yourself unable to log on
to their service for up to an hour. To work around this problem, always disconnect
your "always on" connection manually
before rebooting or shutting down Windows 2000/XP/.NET.
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