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>Proceeding, if you are running in bridging, the single IP address they issue
>would be for the NIC on your Linux box assuming that you have a crossover
cable
>connecting the router to your Linux system. I do NOT recommend bridging
>because you, and everyone else, can place your NIC into promiscous and read
all the DSL traffic on that ISP's switch that you are being bridged into.
This isn't true. Placing a router's interface into promiscous mode
is VERY hard as is doing that on Linux w/o being root. Even then,
you are only going to see the traffic for that given MAC broadcast
domain since they are all intelligent bridges.
>If you are operating in routing mode, they would have issued you a netmask of
>255.255.255.252 which provides for two IP addresses, one for the router
>ethernet port and one for your NIC in the Linux box;
Most static IP DSL setups I've seen usually give more than just 1 usable
IP. They typically give out 6 usable.
>Why you are using a private address of 192.168.1.1 escapes me.
With a configuration like this, I assume she is going to use the NAT
code on the Cisco and not do NAT on the Linux box.
--David
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