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> 	If you look on one of your systems at the interface configuration and
> you see a netmask like 255.255.255.248, then I can almost guarantee that
> you have PPPOE, it's just being managed by that modem so you don't see
> the magic being performed under the hood.  You'll probably also find
> your default route is the .1 address in that /29 (which would be the
> modem's address on your side).  If you put the modem in "passthrough"
> mode, then you would have to manage the PPPOE yourself and you would
> find those addresses routed to you, through it.  In managed mode, you
> just use dhcp to pull down addresses, but they come from the modem.
> 
I'll take your word for this as I'd have to do some digging to find the
credentials for logging into the interface on the modem.

> 	A lot of people MAY have PPPOE and not realize it.  I've played with
> routers from BellSouth and Speed Factory and you can run them in managed
> mode, where they manage the PPPOE for you, or in passthrough mode where
> you are expected to manage that connection.  IIRC...  On at least some
> of the BellSouth provided dsl modems, you have to go to the "expert"
> side of the configuration menus to find that option, but it's there.
> 



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