Re: Connecting a user to AOL (anything I should know?!)

Dr Zoidberg wrote:
<jameshanley39@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know somebody who cannot get internet access.. AOL is their (I
presume broadband) ISP

I have heard stories of AOL users having special software..

So I suspect that it may not be as simple as connect(with NAT router
or via Windows with USB modem) and done, like with any other
broadband ISP.

Is it as simple as that? Or do they -force- the user to use their
software to connect?


No , you can use an ADSL router to connect to AOL (using PPoE) , then
the PC doesn't need any software at all.
That's how I've got the two PCs set up at my Dad's

Googling will tell you all you need to know

I'm trying to do this for a punter at the moment. I've done it before, no
problems, but this one is driving me mad.
They have sent her a (preconfigured I presume) router. I connect it to the
line and no DSL/Internet lights, I try another DSL router, again no DSL
internet lights, so I'm no presuming the DSL hasn't been enabled on the
line. Do you think I can get either AOL or BT to confirm this? Can I f**k!
And to make it worse this woman has an IT IQ of about -10 and would be
better off with a calculator and she has an IMac, which I know nowt about.
Grrrr!

SteveH


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