On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:41, Richard Rowe wrote: > Hi, > We have recently moved to CHCH and I am very unfamiliar with the adsl > products on offer here. > > Signed up with jetstream and am now very disappointed to find I can't pull > mail off a mail server in Aus that hosts my domain. What are they thinking > blocking conventional mail.
most likely your aussie isp won't let you collect mail from their server unless you are on their network. Many ISP's do that. > > As a side issue I used to connect with Smoothwall PPPOE well theres your biggest mistake LOL > PPPOE but NZ seems to use > PPPOA. What are you guys doing for linux gateways? > Or do you get the modem to connect and authenticate then get your firewall > to dhcp from the adsl modem and run your network behind the linux box??? depends on the modem/modem router you are using. osme work as a pppoa-pppoe bridge. some work as a pppoe-pptp biridge. some act as a straight modem/router combo and simply present a private network NAT'd ethernet connection to the user. > > A couple of local pointers would be appreciated. > > Cheers > Richard
