Most of the "home" routers support PPPoE just fine (the Linksys and Netgear and SMC all do). It doesn't really "suck" just a bit inconvienent. If you don't plan on running servers, then it's nothing ...
This post is a bit of 'today I re-learned' and a hopeful help for anyone who might come across this kind of issue, or for myself if I come across it again. Some number of years ago, I remember having ...