On Tuesday 25 April 2006 11:19, Declan Grady wrote:
> 1. I am changing over from satellite bb to dsl.
...
> It seems a bit more complex than the previous setup .. should I be
> setting my adsl box into a different mode and give my firewall's eth1
> the external IP ?
I think the standard Linux program to access an ethernet ADSL modem
is rp-pppoe (Roaring Penguin PPPoE).
This has a program "adsl-setup" which is meant to do everything for you.
You just have to give the username and password
assigned to you by your ISP.
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