Using recycled bits, Michael B. Trausch said: % Hi all, % % I am needing some quick help here... I am thinking of purchasing an % ASDL modem, as my ISP is offering a 24/7 1.544Mbps connection via this % method at $35/mo plus the $60 per year I pay currently for access % through them. I am wondering if there are even drivers out yet for ASDL % devices on Linux. That's my *first* concern.... secondly, if I use the You don't need a driver for the modem. All you need is an ethernet card that works with Linux and a crossover cable to run from the modem to the card. % ASDL modem via an Ethernet hub (as my ISP suggests would be best to % network a whole house to the Internet), would I even need the ASDL % driver? % And, lastly, how would I make it so that say, MACHINE_ONE would be a % Linux machine, providing a proxy/gateway for MACHINE_TWO, running % Windows 98, on the Ethernet network? (The ISP only allows for *ONE* % static IP address, and therefore, I conclude that a proxy or somehow % different type of network needs to be built, with the Linux box as the % bridge? I most *definately* don't want the Win98 box to have the static % IP from my ISP.) Use your Linux box as a gateway to your internal network and give the Windows box one of the private IP addresses. % I'm planning on building a server (http, ftp) on the Linux box, and % allowing some of the directories to actually be links to the FAT32 % partition on the Windows box... it's kind of complicated... and on top % of that, I want a private dial-in line so that if I'm somewhere else, I % can always dial into my home machine and get mail. (My Linux box will be % it's own mailserver, if I can get the appropriate software, as well, if % it's not already installed.) It's called ADSL because its Asynchronous DSL. What that means is that the downstream speed is typically much faster than the upstream speed. The net result is that server processes will run slower than you might desire. As to the dial-in stuff, it won't be necessary. With a static IP on the Linux box, you can telnet straight to it (using the IP address) and get your email that way. -- Kurt Wall Informix on Linux FAQ - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaq.html Spanish Translation - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaqsp.html
