celtic
join:2001-02-08
USA
| [Poll]PPPoE or DHCP?
| Do you have or want PPPoE or DHCP? |
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| | | On DHCP and want to keep it |  20 (37.7%) | | On PPPoE and want DHCP | 13 (24.5%) | | On PPPoE and don't care | 10 (18.8%) | | On DHCP and don't care | 7 (13.2%) | | Originally on PPPoE and switcher to DHCP | 3 (5.6%) | | On PPPoE and want to keep it | 0 (0%) | | On DHCP and want PPPoE | 0 (0%) | 53 participants.
results as pie chart in flash |
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Ho···Protocol
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-P···Ethernet |
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birdfeedr
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | I've had my DHCP WAN IP for so long, it's as if it's a static IP. The only reference point I've seen for staying on PPPoE is the ease in getting a new IP. Most of them who wanted that seemed to use it for hiding their IP.
Down side of my IP is that it's geolocated to my CO.
[edit to add link]»www.geobytes.com/ipLocator.htm |
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by birdfeedr  :I've had my DHCP WAN IP for so long, it's as if it's a static IP. The only reference point I've seen for staying on PPPoE is the ease in getting a new IP. Most of them who wanted that seemed to use it for hiding their IP. Down side of my IP is that it's geolocated to my CO. [edit to add link]» www.geobytes.com/ipLocator.htm and pppoe these days really doesnt do much to hide you. Constant shifting of ip's really only means they just bank your fq dn and mask so i dont see the point.
im pppoe and only would like dhcp cause then my router doesnt have to think so hard....the overhead does add up but its the extra thinking that i would remove.. |
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meb
join:2002-12-12
Potomac, MD
| reply to birdfeedr
PPPoE is also geolocated. Pretty cool. What's the down side? |
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Napsterbater
Premium
join:2002-12-28
Milledgeville, GA | Humm didn't know I lived in Live Oak, FL =P |
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John97
Over The Hills And Far Away
Premium
join:2000-11-14
Southampton, PA | reply to celtic
On PPPOE and don't care. |
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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD
 ·VoicePulse for Bus..
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VoiceStick
·Packet8
| reply to celtic
FiOS users in some areas originally installed PPPoE were able to simply change router settings to DHCP. Can these users change their routers again and be back on PPPoE?
If Verizon offers both, why not allow the user to decide which they prefer? |
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