Verizon DSL

Is there a way to connect without using their sh!tty software? I'll boot the machine some mornings and it can't find the connection. Sometimes resetting the Westall fixes it but not always.Lately, on other machines if I run the software it tells me the machine doesn't fit the requirements when in fact it exceeds them all!!Any help would be appreciated...

Well,despite the lack of response,thanks to geeksRus and Mobile PC I got the fix...albeit from a different site....
download http://www.raspppoe.com/ install it
and reset your router. Worked like a charm.
Hope that helps someone else with the same problem.