DSL Modem Users, Recently our friend Michael Knill here mentioned in "PPPoE and Ethx" he had a problem getting stats from an external DSL modem that is in "bridge" mode. Mike was able to get it to work by enabling the "dsl-ppp-modem" Firewall Plugin together with a "/mnt/kd/rc.elocal" script that defines an IPv4 address on the ethernet interface that PPPoE is running on.
Question, is this a general feature others would like without having to define a "/mnt/kd/rc.elocal" script ? To be clear, PPPoE uses a PPP tunnel inside ethernet packets, so IP is not used. But, if a web or telnet server is running on the DSL modem, IP must be configured on AstLinux's PPPoE ethernet interface to communicate with the DSL modem. The "dsl-ppp-modem" Firewall Plugin allows packets from the DSL modem and forwards them to the LAN if desired. The idea would be to add two new PPPoE rc.conf variables, such as... --- ## Set PPPOEIF IP address to be used with the "dsl-ppp-modem" firewall plugin to communicate with IP services on an external DSL Modem in "bridge" mode #PPPOEIF_IP="192.168.11.1" #PPPOEIF_NM="255.255.255.0" --- But, if this is an uncommon situation, then it is best to not add them since it currently can be done with a rc.elocal script. Comments ? Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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].
