Well, unfortunately it's PPPoA, not PPPoE, and the Sidewinder won't do that.
The reason for the switch is that the Netgear simply will not route correctly, and I need the extra addresses to reside on the Sidewinder. I know it's a Cadillac solution, but unfortunately it's the Cadillac and not the Mini that has the horsepower for what I want to do. Kurt On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 14:44, Stavrakakis Tassos <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I understand you bought a Cadillac for a mini cooper you need. > Since you are using a Sidewinder router / firewall, you probably need a plain > adsl bridged modem. > Sidewinder will probably deal with PPPoE and supply the credentials for BT. > So if you want to use the Cisco, you have to find a way to set it up as a > 1483 Bridged IP VC-mux > Or better yet buy a 30 pound adsl router that can easily do the job. > > Cheers > > A.STAVRAKAKIS & SON CORP > > Anastasios Stavrakakis > IT consultant > E-mail: [email protected] > Tel.: 801-2008888 > Tel.2: +302810360650 > Tel.3: +302810236233 > Fax: +302810360651 > Mobile: +306936928000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:58 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: My brain is getting old... > > All, > > Our UK office has acquired a new Cisco 857 to replace a Netgear router > for their DSL line. > > I've got it hooked up via a console cable to a server in the UK > office, so I'm in the box, and can provide current config if needed. > > I haven't dealt with a Cisco box in years, and never with one that > does PPP over ATM, so I'm floundering a bit. > > I need it to do the following: > > The ADSL link hands out addresses via DHCP, but we've got a /29 to use > from BT for our firewall. I've got the PPP login and password, and the > VC paramaters (VPI=0, VCI=38) > > The router should provide no firewalling, and no NAT - the Sidewinder > I have on site does of that. > > I've been looking at various configurations - the manual (which seems > to have an error in it, regarding MTU size), web pages all over the > place, but am just fogging my brain with them. Can anyone point me to > a config that does that? > > > Thanks, > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
