On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 19:19:58 +0100, Jason Quigley writes: >I'm not sure if it'll work as I have an ADSL router which does pppoe. This doe >sn't connect so I don't really see what I'll gain from the deb pkg.
sorry I didn�t get that first time. your setup is as follows PC <---> Router <---> Modem ? Well if your router doesn�t connect I guess you�ll have to talk either to your ISP or the router vendor...your PC only has to speak plain IP/ ethernet. The dirty work is done by modem and router. >Also, the docs (if they can be called that) which come with the modem tell me >that you can connect multiple machines to the modem over the lan as long as on >ly one at a time is using a connection to the internet!!!! Now it depends on your setup: if it�s PC <---> modem only one PC at a time may talk PPPoE to the modem, but sequentially it doesn�t matter if there�s one PC or many. But if the setup is PC <---> Router <---> Modem and your router can do NAT you can connect as much PCs as you want. >I think the basic problem is that 3com stuff is crap - always has been IMHO. I >'ve never liked playing with it - except the Palm Pilot, but then, they didn't > create and code it! ;-) Ahemm, maybe you want to do a little ASCII-art so we really understand your setup...before you blame 3com (they make rock-solid ethernet-cards, at least. the 3c509-series was some fscking great stuff). cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
