[ILUG] [OT] Smoothwall and Eircom DSL.

[John Allen]

On Tuesday 23 March 2004 11:43, Dermot McGahon wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:28:07 +0000, Nick Murtagh <nickm at go2.ie> wrote:
> > Why do you need a static IP address? Surely you get an IP
> > address allocated as part of the PPPoE negotiation?
>
> Chance would be a fine thing.
>
> I wonder do I even have the right packages. This is what
> is installed:
>

Don't even bother, configure the modem for One-to-One nat, then no need for 
PPPoE on Linux box.

> jumpgate2:~# pppd --version
> pppd version 2.4.1
> jumpgate2:~# pppoe -V
> Roaring Penguin PPPoE Version 3.3
> jumpgate2:~# locate adsl-start
> jumpgate2:~#
> jumpgate2:~# locate pon
> /sbin/swapon
> /usr/bin/pon
>
> I'm sure it's probably something simple enough, but configuring
> pppoe is new to me and I'm a bit lost at this point.
>
>
> Dermot.
> --

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