Steve,
Does your ISP use PPPoE as a protocol, and you bypass the authentication by
plugging directly into a hub, or your ISP doesn't use the ANGEL OF DEATH (PPPoE)
:)
Thanks
Jason
Steve Landers wrote:
> Rod,
>
> > Has anyone had any experience with using / configuration with an Alcatel USB
> > ADSL modem on an e-smith box?
> >
> > Our ISP provides these modems as part of their ADSL service, usually for a
> > wondoze box. Alcatel have released new drivers for Linux but I haven't been
> > able to obtain details yet.
>
> I suspect that you are talking about iiNet - the same ISP as I use.
> If so, there's a couple of different models of the Alcatel Home modem
> available. The standard one is a USB model, but I've used the Alcatel
> "Speed Touch Home" version.
>
> This has a 10BaseT connector on the back - you just plug it into your hub
> or switch. The modem runs in bridged mode with a static IP address
> so there's no need for PPPoE. I've found this to very satisfactory -
> no mucking about with Linux drivers or PPPoE authentication.
>
> So far I've set up 3 sites - one each using e-smith 4.0, e-smith 4.1
> and LRP.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
>
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