I don't find in the Verizon forum FAQ anything about windows being required. I do note
that the firmware on some of thier supplied devices may not be up to date and that you may
need to make some changes: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios/3.0_Networking
Some FIOS areas (NJ is one) not PPoE but plain DHCP service, but that's the router's
problem. And I would say that either the router they are using is not properly configured
to be DHCP to the LAN or is not acting as a NAT/DHCP device.
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:07:11 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>This is from Julian Thomas who asked me to post this for him, as his
>Verizon account is not yet subscribed o the list for posting:
>
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>
>Arrived at my brother's house in Belmont Mass last night. They have VZ
>FIOS and a wired/wireless setup.
>
>Fired up my machine, went wireless, could see the router but nothing
>past it. Went wired, same thing.
>
>Apparently VZ has some windows-only app that needs to be run on each
>machine that connects before it will let you on.
>
>This is not the VZ router, it's my brother's regular linksys box.
>
>Am I screwed or does someone have a workaround other than using one of
>their machines and this creaky webmail interface?
>
>jt
>
>
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