[rcareaga]

What's the scoop here? My ISP (the execrable SBC) seems to require PPPoE, which protocol does not appear to play nicely with the NetGear router I'm attempting to configure. Has anyone had any luck with this sort of setup?
cordially,

[Larand]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not sure why you're messing around with a router. My ISP, Earthlink, which uses PPPoE, provided a nice DSL modem (Efficient Networks Speedstream 5260 Ethernet ADSL Modem). Connect it to the phone jack and the ethernet port, turn it on, fill in the appropriate info in the Network pref pane, and it works.

[car1son]

I haven't used the Netgear specifically adn I'm on Earthlnk not SBC, but the LinkSys and Apple Airport Base Station both work fine for me. The Netgear manual I have in pdf looks pretty similar.
To check:
Most people want to connect the Router WAN to the DSL modem, connect the Mac to the Router's LAN port, then set the Mac to run DHCP to the Router and set the Router to use PPPoE to SBC. You don't set the Mac to use PPPoE - that's left to the Router.
(You could configure things other ways - e.g., configure specific IP addresses to the Mac to allow incomming connections to be routed your own servers, or set the Router to act as a passive hub and use PPPoE on the Mac. Those aren't a typical end-user's configuration, though.)