Just use the scripts from roaring penguin

usernames are 'username@bigpond'

that caused 5 seconds of grief ;)

rebecca (insert name here) claims on her lil page
that she needed to drop the MTU in her internal
network.

i havent had this problem and nor has my friend
who also runs dsl via linux (a good use for a
sparc classic).

i believe a gateway (firewall) does the job
of converting MTU between interfaces.

the tech who set up dsl was only too happy to just
install the router, hand over the usb nic (you
know you wana play with one) and leave. I wasnt
letting him near my parents windoze pc!

personally, i plug my router straight into my
switch. All my pcs are then connected to the
switch and behave in a normal tcpip network
kind of way.

my pc then connects to the pppoe service through
its single NIC and still remains on the normal
tcpip network. I can then use iptables or chains
or whatever floats my boat at the time, to let
others through onto the net.

If my pc is off, my parents need only turn
on the switch and use the bigpond windoze client
and connect normally, whilst still maintaining
access to other machines and services on the
network.

the smc usb nic works quite nicely in linux.
after i plugged it in and observed it working
i promptly got over the novelty and put it
aside for my trusty netgear 10/100 nic ;)

gadgets are cool though ;)

Dean

Steven Kerr wrote:

> Good morning all.
> 
> Is there a 'Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL' Linux Howto type document
> that will ease me into this wonderful service offering of Telstra ?
> 
> Steve Kerr
> 
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