Hi Shaun If possible take the ethernet option with the modem as USB can give you all sorts of grief. My opinion/experience only though.
The modem itself doesn't need any configuration, just plug it in and if Optus have your account active it'll be given it's 10.x.x.x address and come up online. The modem acts as a bridge, so to speak, so there's no configuration of the internal interface. The smoothwall box will then get it's IP via DHCP. Again, with smoothwall you should just be able to tell it this diring the install and it will configure DHCP to run (not sure whether PUMP is still used) For the internal systems just set the gateway address to the IP of the green interface on the smoothwall box and you're away. Hope this helps Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaun Oliver > Sent: Friday, 20 February 2004 12:37 AM > To: Sydney Linux users Group > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] optus cable modem > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi all, I'm asking this again even though I've asked before > just to be 1000% sure of what I'm doing before I go fiddling > things I understand well. setting up an optus cable modem on > a linux/smoothwall machine. whether it be usb or ethernet. > how easy is it to do? another I should add to this is, how > easy is it to configure the machines on the local area > network to share the internet connection? do I need to create > an ethernet bridge or somehow ensure the nic on the green > interface for the smoothwall users out there, is on the same > subnet as the optus cable modem? we're just about at that > stage whereby we ring optus and tell them we want it. not to > mention installation is cheep as at the moment, or virtually > free if you opt for a direct debit option. thanks in advance > for reading my tired boring old questions but, I wanted to > ensure that things will work as planned. > > - -- > Shaun Oliver > > > "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/ > IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 > IRCNICK: blindman > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQFANLwS67hYtcFGIIcRAj+sAJ4pGpZxJQEsA4rl0Ns2VbDsocmQSgCfS4B8 > wuA57N3uSqdWSFqP2M2skag= > =u5nF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
