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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:14:14 +0100
From:	Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
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To:	Tony Nicol <tony_nicol AT hotmail DOT com>
CC:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: setup.exe not working with PPPoE
References:	<F85tUfCMDQ3CsYx7Bdz00003099 AT hotmail DOT com> <3C19D626 DOT 1142ABD8 AT syntrex DOT com> <OE43a0ZkfzDskqC5Etr000019df AT hotmail DOT com>

Hmm... I don't know too much of PPPoE so I guess I'm
not of much help here :( However, perhaps someone of
the mailing list can help - I've crossposted this 
mail there.

P.S. However I think that basically the underlying
network should handle the specifics of your connection
and not the setup program itself.

Tony Nicol wrote:
> 
> Hi Pavel, thanks for the quick reply.
> 
> I am at home, no proxy (Tiny Personal Firewall completely deactivated - just
> in case!).
> 
> No matter what I do I still have the same problem. As soon as I click
> <Next>, a fraction of a second later it comes back to the same dialogue box.
> I have tried IE5 & direct with no joy :(
> 
> I am pretty sure it must be something to do with using PPPoE/ADSL/Ethernet
> Adaptor. I have no problem doing this at work...
> 
> Any ideas???
> 
> Cheers for any help you can give.
> 
> Tony
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pavel Tsekov" <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
> To: "Tony Nicol" <tony_nicol AT hotmail DOT com>
> Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: setup.exe not working with PPPoE
> 
> > It's not setup.exe - maybe you are behind a firewall
> > and you need a http proxy to access the web. If this
> > is the case just try using one of the proxy or IE5
> > methods instead of direct.
> >
> > Tony Nicol wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am running windows 2000 (Service Pack 2) using ADSL (over PPPoE - =
> > > using ethernet adapter/dialup adsl link)
> > >
> > > I normally have no other problems with any part of the internet but....
> > >
> > > The setup program when it looks for mirrors.lst fails immediately and =
> > > comes back with the same choose download method screen (no matter what =
> > > method I choose)... tried everything I can think of with no avail
> > >
> >

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