Message: 10 Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:44:52 -0400 From: Walt Reed centos@linuxguy.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Newbie ADSL configuration, ppp0 can't activate & Message-ID: 20070714154451.GA15061@linuxguy.com
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Some pain-in-the-ass ISP's force you to do PPPoE instead of DHCP. Some give you a DSL modem that does NAT and the PPPoE stuff for you, some don't. If you have one that doesn't, a cheap Linksys "router" can do the NAT and PPPoE for you if you don't fee comfortable doing it in Linux.
Walt in our former home, we had Cable Modem access for 3+ years and I used a Linksys Router/Switch there. We live in South America, so I'd need to have one shipped from the states. I think I can get it going, with IPCop or Devil-Linux.
on a 1.5/384 DSL connection.
Our new connection is 256. After using dial up for 3 1/4 years, that's fast. :-) It's a lot slower than when we had Cable Modem service, but a huge improvement! I wanted WiMAX access, which is available in the city of Cali, but it's not available in our town and who knows when if ever it will be available.
I downloaded the latest versions of Devil-Linux and IPCop this morning. They both have things I like. Devil-Linux does not require a hard drive and runs off a CD-ROM and a write protected floppy, which for security, I think is better. IPCop has much more documentation, can run headless and has some other things I like. I think I will try IPCop first.
Thanks much for your input! Lanny
On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 12:44 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Message: 10 Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:44:52 -0400 From: Walt Reed centos@linuxguy.com
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If you have one that doesn't, a cheap Linksys "router" can do
the NAT and PPPoE for you if you don't fee comfortable doing it in Linux.
Walt in our former home, we had Cable Modem access for 3+ years and I used a Linksys Router/Switch there. We live in South America, so I'd need to have one shipped from the states. I think I can get it going, with IPCop or Devil-Linux.
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I downloaded the latest versions of Devil-Linux and IPCop this morning. They both have things I like. Devil-Linux does not require a hard drive and runs off a CD-ROM and a write protected floppy, which for security, I think is better. IPCop has much more documentation, can run headless and has some other things I like. I think I will try IPCop first.
I've been using IPCop several years now on a cable setup in the boonies (few users, low sharing of bandwidth, great throughput). Since version 4.10, I've not one complaint about it. On an old Aptiva real 486DX/66MHz with ISA cards, appx. 400KB/sec. A 100MHz AMD x586 (486DX equiv on a 386 main board, appx, 470-500MB/sec using the same ISA cards. My current Pentium 200MHz with PCI RTL 81390-based el cheapo NICs has seen as high as 700KB/sec from really good sites on downloads.
Biggest boon, IMO: LFS based. Source is available and you can tweak, modify, contribute as you desire.
No experience (lack of need/desire) with Devil-Linux.
Good luck on your new setup.
Thanks much for your input! Lanny
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