> >
> First some interesting references:
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/BTI-PPP/index.html
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/index.html
>
> 1/ PPPoA
> Bering supports it since it is part of the 2.4.18 linux kernel.
> The module is here:
> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/bering/latest/modules/net/atm/
>
> 2/ pppd
> The standard pppd provided with Bering should work
>
> 3/ Modem
> You will be better of if you choose a modem which supports both pppoe
> and pppoa. I think this is the case of the Alcatel USB speedtouch modem.
> Also make sure the modem is supported by linux  :-)

Thanks Jacques,


All of the modems I'm looking at support PPPoA/E. I would probably prefer
ethernet, as I'm pretty sure the box I want to run LEAF on doesn't have USB.
I reckon most external ethernet ADSL modems should be fairly compatible with
Linux. I have been looking at internal ones, which are cheaper and would
save me one NIC too.

This one seems interesting (you may have heard of it - it's a French
company)
http://www.bewan.com/bewan/products/adsl/bwadslpcist.php

It says it's supported by Linux, although I'm investigating further as they
don't seem to have a linux driver or much linux info. They also mention a
minimum requirement of p266MMX. Now I only have a p166 for this, but I guess
they're not really expecting it to be connected to LEAF (or even Linux!!) so
I'd be interested to know people's opinions on the performance of having an
internal ADSL PCI modem on the LEAF. I wouldn't have thought it would be a
problem at all.

Finally, if I was to go with an internal card, is it just a case of getting
the driver and loading it as a module, then configuring the interface just
as if it was a ppp0 or eth0 etc? Do you know what the kernel would call this
interface on recognition? ppp0?

many thanks for your help,
regards
Dave


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