On 7/28/06, Bruce Nik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello everyone, Which files should I alter to setup the asterisk box to connect directly to sympatico DSL? Where can I input the username and pwd for the DSL modem if I connect the box directly to it? Thanks, Bruce ------------------------------ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN <http://g.msn.com/8HMAENCA/2728??PS=47575>great prizes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To answer your question: the files to edit are in /etc/ppp/ and pppoe is installed on Trixbox. Trixbox is just CentOS with the extra goodies builtin, so if you google pppoe and centos you should find what you are looking for. However, I agree with the other comments made on this thread that it is not a great idea to directly connect your trixbox server to the internet. If you do, make sure that you read, understand and test the setup of firewall software (probably iptables) before you directly connect your trixbox server for the rest of the world to come knocking - because come'a knocking they will, most likely within ten minutes of connecting it the port scans and trivial exploits will hit your box. Not that trixbox has any more crevices for the crackers to worm their way in than the average linux server, but if you want to run a pbx you most likely want to control access to it and one of the important ways to do that is to put it behind a firewall, even a basic one. Personally, I recommend you find an old junker pc, source two network cards for it and install ipcop (http://www.ipcop.org/) on it. One network card gets connected to the internet (the red zone in ipcop speak) and the other you connect to your LAN (the green zone in ipcop speak). If you want to get fancy, you can install a third card (orange zone) and connect your trixbox server there - the orange zone is treated as a dmz by ipcop.
