The best site I know of for technical coverage of the more complicated forms
of Linux connection to the Internet is the Linux Router Project, URL
http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ .
How to approach this depends on what you want to accomplish. An analog
leased line *can* be used with an ordinary modem, though this isn't the
usual way it's set up.
More common is to use a router and a CSU/DSU (in effect, a specialized sort
of modem). The LRP stuff will tell you how to do this using a Linux host as
the router, with either internal or external CSU/DSU.
Or you can use an external router and CSU/DSU, connecting your Linux host to
it via Ethernet -- if you do this, really anything that works with Ethernet
will work with Linux; there are no interesting Linux-specific issues to this
sort of connection.
With any sort of connection, you will need the usual networking capabilities
of Linux. You'll need to set up the interface or interfaces ("man
ifconfig"), the routes ("man route"), possibly name service (I think there's
a BIND HowTo), and the resolver ("man resolv.conf"? not sure about this
one). For these general issues, try the Networking Overview HowTo and the
NET3 HowTo, both listed at URL
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html#ss3.1 .
What you actually do will depend to a great extent on what your ISP wants
you to do from among the choices that are technically available.
At 07:52 PM 3/30/99 +0200, Langa Kentane - MWeb wrote:
>Hi
>
>This might not be related to the list, but what I want to know is what
>equipment is compatible with linux that I need to get to have a analog
>leased line connection to my ISP and what software on linux would I need to
>install and can you point me to a site that would give me info on how to
>configure this.
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