>Message: 10 >Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:44:52 -0400 >From: Walt Reed <centos at linuxguy.com> >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Newbie ADSL configuration, ppp0 can't activate & >Message-ID: <20070714154451.GA15061 at linuxguy.com> <snip> >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