On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Orlando Lewis wrote:
> support for linux. I have contacted Mindspring and have been told that they
> also use PPPOe connections but that they provide external modems with rj45
> outputs. However I have been told that you have to authenticate the
> connection with some sort of software.
There is a PPPoE driver in Cooker, it's the rp-pppoe driver, and there's
also a pppoe-linuxconf module to configure it.
>
> -What ISP are you using?
If your ISP supports PPPoE, and have an external ADSL modem with RJ45
network port, it should work. PPPoE is pretty much standardized, since
almost ISPs use a RedBack BAS.
> -What type of hardware do you have
As long as it's an External ADSL modem, and is has a RJ45 jack, any device
is compatible. It is similar to a hub/bridge.
>
> -What linux version are you using
The rp-pppoe driver works with Mandrake 7 (heavily tested, and supported
by me), RedHat 6.1 (heavily tested), Debian (heard from a few users), and
SuSe (tested and supported).
>
> -What kind of connection software are you using?
rp-pppoe is the best one. For a list of others, go to
http://www.suse.de/~bk/PPPoE-project.html
> -How successful is the software at obtaining and maintaining a constant
> connection.
Very stable with rp-pppoe. Got some random disconnections every few days,
but my telco sucks, so it's normal ;-)
>
> -I run a web and ftp server will I be disconnected if there is 4-12 hours of
> inactivity.
You should check with your provider. Most likely you'll get a dynamic IP
address, but you can use dyndns or yi dns service so your hostname will
remain the same even if your IP changes. Check the AUP (Acceptable Usage
Policy) from your ISP before doing that. Some prohibit any servers, while
some don't care and some accept it.
> -Does the software make the connection before loading the eth0 because I'm
> running a firewall and eth0 needs to have obtained it's IP address before
> executing the rc.local script in order for it to be successful.
rp-pppoe contains a firewall script that uses ipchains, and is very well
built.
Usually you need two network cards to get a good firewall with IP
Masquerading to use multiple machines on an internal network, but one of
the (few) advantages of pppoe is that it can't be sniffed. What I did on
one setup is use eth0 (you must not assign an IP address for pppoe to work
and the interface must not come on boot), then use an ip alias eth0:0 as
192.168.0.1. You can also get the new dhcpxd to have a dhcp server on that
ip alias!
Jean-Michel Dault
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