Yes I'm with Robert on this one.
I just put an XH1169 on my orcon connection in halfbridge mode in to the
back of my linux box.
Simply set up the ethX on the nix box for dhcp and the rest is done for you.
Half bridge means that all the pppoa session management is done by the
router while the ip stream is handed directly to the nix box as if it
were a live ip (which it is). This means you can host your own services
if you want to - I host a number.
Cheers Don
Robert Fisher wrote:
I bought a 4 port one for a client from DSE this week and was pleasantly
surprised how feature rich it was.
Basically just plug it in and then plug your computer into itand either let it
get an address via DHCP or set your static address to suit.
Then you browse into it to set it up.
The DSE model allowed me to select "New Zealand" then "Telecom" (or was
it "Xtra" and then all the settings were done (to allow it to connect.
It had port forwarding, NAT, firewall and everything I needed.
