i have linux and i have swbells dsl. if they give you a dsl modem, i
assume you are going to be a dhcp client and always be on? then all you
have to do is set up your ethernet card to accept dhcp, plug the modem
into the network card and into you line and it works like a charm. if you
are going to get static ips there may be some configuring in the modem
that swb should tell you how to do..
On Mon,
31 Jul 2000, Omar El-Domeiri wrote:
> if your going to use the basic service with SWBell internet services, then
> your going to have to use ppp over ethernet..
> which is supported somehow in linux.. how good or extensive that support
> is .. hrmm I have no clue.
> So just get linux box and put the dsl into the linux box with ppp over
> ethernet then run IP Masq. (NAT) .. like you would with any other
> connection.. Should work fine.
>
> -Omar
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, James Yeung wrote:
>
> > Hi, I just got Southwestern Bell's basic DSL service, and was wondering if
> > it's possible to use it w/ Linux...has anyone done it? I have the Alcatel
> > Speed Stream USB DSL modem, and it uses some software under Win98 that
> > establishes a a DSL connection. I couldn't just modify my network settings
> > in Windows to use DHCP. Swbell seems to have pretty bad
> > documentation/support. They sent me a packet on how to set up the network
> > settings, but it never worked. So I called them and had to download some
> > package that installed PPP.o.e(PPP over ethernet) drivers, which finally got
> > my DSL working. But I wanna skip all this crap and just run the DSL modem
> > into a Linux box, where I can do some firewalling. Any info?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > James
> >
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