From: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>

> On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:41:57 -0400, David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> From: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>
>>> Are you saying the option rom can establish an internet connection
>>> before the operating system boots?
>
>> If it is embedded it may be possible. What if you install a different NIC ? There is
>> NO
>> WAY the any BIOS routine would be able to communicate with it.
>
> It would have trouble with the password for my dsl access too.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

PPoE authentication.



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