Lonnie, AFAIK, yes it uses PPPoE. I gues I have 2 issues here: 1. Make sure I set the DSL setup 2. Make sure I get the firewall back up afterwards.
Regards, Keith B. Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Anyone out there set up a linux box to act as a router using a DSL modem >> that could offer some tips? I will be upgrading my sister's router from >> a Dial up ISP to Verizon DSL service. Of course, I had to initially set it >> up under windblowz, but want to switch it back to linux as a router. I >> had her under SuSE 7.2 and upgraded to SuSE 8.0 for ease of setup. >> >> 1. DO I leave the ppp0 setup under my firewall? > >Does Verizon use PPPoE? I'm not clear on what your firewall has to do >with setting this up? > >> 2. Do I need 2 NIC cards or not. It is not clear from SuSE's SDB site > >A router needs at least 2 NICs. One for all traffic to the outside world, >and one for all trafffic to your internal network. > >> I have found and am studying a HowTo for DSL under linux, but I need to >> make sure I set iptables back up to use with SuSE Firewall2 as I had it >> set up under SuSE 7.2 and dial up. > >Well, i know zero about "SuSE Firewall2". All that you must have to >accomplish this is PPPoE support (if that's what verizon uses for auth), >and NAT support. The firewall really has nothing to do with it, other >than being a good idea for security reasons. > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
