I must be missing something. Why do you need PPPoE on the modem to SSH into your Linux box? Isn't PPPoE usually used to establish the WAN connection from home to the ISP? If you're just plain 'ol DHCP on the WAN interface now, can't you just forward port 22 to the Linux machine?
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:58 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Not sure… I’ll have to look and see. It’s a WRT54GS2. I’ll check when I > get home or look on the web to see when I get a chance… > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:51 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Internet issues (RANT) > > > > Does your new router at home have the capability to act as a VPN server? > > > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > ______________________________________________ > *Roland Schorr & Tower > *www.rolandschorr.com > [email protected] > > > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:05 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Internet issues (RANT) > > > > Make that Monday when I got to work… J Losing track of days! J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:58 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT: Internet issues (RANT) > > > > Ok…some of y’all may recall I ordered an upgrade to my DSL last week. Well, > Monday morning, everything was working fine, but yesterday after I got to > work, I was unable to SSH to my linux box at home and when I got home, my > DSL wasn’t working. So I called tech support and they were no help. Finally > they sent out a technician yesterday and upgraded my modem (thinking that > was the issue since my speed had doubled, maybe the modem couldn’t handle > the upgrade.) I got home, and the modem was connected, but I still couldn’t > get online, even with the brand new router I bought yesterday. So I called > up Windstream (my ISP) tech support again and went over the router configs > with them. That’s when I discovered they stopped using PPPOE on the modems. > > Wondering how long this has been going on and why they didn’t tell me! ** > sigh** Now I’ve got to figure out a way to connect back to my LAN at > home…strictly for testing purposes, of course. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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