Re: Setting up ADSL?
* Zach <netrek@gmail.com> [080209 03:28]:
> I am getting ADSL (728/128) next week and have some questions.
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The easiest and quickest approach with the least hassle is simply to
run SmoothWall Express 2.0 on an old computer, and let SmoothWall
handle the PPPoE, firewall, router, DHCP, and logging functions.
Visit www.smoothwall.org for the free download.
Configuring SmoothWall for the type of service which you describe is
almost trivial, and should take less than an hour the first time you do
it, and only five or ten minutes if you ever need to reinstall it.
When I was forced to use PPPoE, I found it best to configure and treat
the ADSL modem/router as a modem and to let SmoothWall handle the
PPPoE. The advantage is that, if the modem ever gives trouble, you
can swap out the modem without the need to configure the new modem.
Because ISPs commonly give away a modem with each new ADSL account,
most ADSL users eventually end up with several modems, few if any of
them having the ability to manage a PPPoE connection.
RLH
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