Re: ADSL problem...
On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 19:19:58 +0100, Jason Quigley writes:
>I'm not sure if it'll work as I have an ADSL router which does pppoe. This doe
>sn't connect so I don't really see what I'll gain from the deb pkg.
sorry I didn´t get that first time. your setup is as follows
PC <---> Router <---> Modem
?
Well if your router doesn´t connect I guess you´ll have to talk either
to your ISP or the router vendor...your PC only has to speak plain IP/
ethernet. The dirty work is done by modem and router.
>Also, the docs (if they can be called that) which come with the modem tell me
>that you can connect multiple machines to the modem over the lan as long as on
>ly one at a time is using a connection to the internet!!!!
Now it depends on your setup:
if it´s
PC <---> modem
only one PC at a time may talk PPPoE to the modem, but sequentially it
doesn´t matter if there´s one PC or many.
But if the setup is
PC <---> Router <---> Modem
and your router can do NAT you can connect as much PCs as you want.
>I think the basic problem is that 3com stuff is crap - always has been IMHO. I
>'ve never liked playing with it - except the Palm Pilot, but then, they didn't
> create and code it! ;-)
Ahemm, maybe you want to do a little ASCII-art so we really understand
your setup...before you blame 3com (they make rock-solid
ethernet-cards, at least. the 3c509-series was some fscking great
stuff).
cheers,
&rw
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