DSL, Glad I could Do It My Way

Okay, so I've been stuck with tethering to my G1 as my main source of internet for about two months now.  It wasn't as bad as dialup, just the same, I am glad to have DSL setup in my apartment now.  I'm pretty much stuck with Qwest for my DSL service, being in Arizona, there are other carriers, but since Qwest owns the line to the CO/ATM network, it winds up being more for a personal connection if you use another ISP.  So, I made the best of it.  I'm pretty fond of being able to use 3rd party firmware, and am loyal to Tomato firmware on the WRT54GL currently.  I've considered RouterBoard as another option as well, but the WRT is just a simpler setup for personal, and even SOHO use.

After a little bit of research on the use of PPPoE over the DSL's ATM connection, I came to find that there are differences between PPPoA, PPPoE and PPPoEoA.  PPPoA makes the authenticated connection directly over the ATM channel, this provides slightly better throughput over PPPoE, which has a lower MTU.  PPPoEoA allows for a separate router to make a PPPoE connection over an ADSL bridge modem's Ethernet to ATM.  If this all sounds confusing, it is.  More...