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The software supplied is awful! Are there alternatives?

April 26, 2017Alternatives awful Software supplied

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The software supplied is awful! Are there alternatives?

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The best alternative software is in fact hardware — you can get broadband routers (or integrated modem-routers) which perform the task of authentication internally. With one of these, you don’t need to install any software on your computer. Software programs: RASPPPOE (http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~normanb/) is a Windows 98/ME/2000/XP alternative to Telstra’s supplied software, Enternet. What makes RASPPPOE so good is that it’s a clean implemenation of the protocol without any bells or whistles. Designed specifically for Windows 2000 then ported to Windows 98/ME, RASPPPOE offers seamless integration into the operating system. This protocol makes ethernet adapters (NICs) appear as “modems”, allowing PPPoE to be easily used within the standard dial-up networking framework. This protocol also supports Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (including on-demand dialing), power management (Standby and Hibernate) as well as multiprocessor systems.