Darren Grant wrote: > On 13 Nov 2009, at 15:57, Darrick Hartman wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> You'll need to tell us what VPN is being used. Several VPN's can use >> certificates to authenticate. >> >> How does PPPoA differ from PPPoE? >> >> Darrick >> >> Tom Chadwin wrote: >>> Anyone thought about these? >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Tom Chadwin >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> First request: PPPoA - is this possible in software? Most ADSL in the >>>> UK is PPPoA, so I have to have routers as well as Astlinux boxes. Or >>>> am I looking at hardware for this? > > It is impossible to do PPPoA in software as the physical interface is > Ethernet and there is no such thing as a modem that has a physical ATM > interface. All ADSL Modems and Routers use PPPoA to connect to the WAN > interface and in the case of Ethernet routers simply provide an IP address > using DHCP. > > If however you want to avoid the NAT included in an ADSL router you can use > something like the X-Modem M3 that will forward the external IP address to > the Astlinux box.
I believe the Solos card that Philip added to trunk (and 0.7) will support this. http://www.traverse.com.au/productview.php?product_id=116 There may be single port cards that may work as well. Darrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
