I have seen that tooo an also they are refered to as dsl modems also around here by the isp's. I am fortunate to have an isp that does not use pppoe at home but have to use it at work with swbell. i used a different isp at home though. an get a static ip for free . that wud cost me another 40 to 50 bucks with swbell to go to the extended service. for now im using the linksys router til i get my box stable an get ipmasq setup an working on it. jack
The word 'modem' does appear on the casing of that 'thing'.
Dennis: I have not done a pppoe configuration, but perhaps you may find my pptp configuration page somewhat helpful. It's here: http://www.tosmann.org/en/Linux/adsl/index.html Also, remember that you may only have one default route. If there is one assigned before dhclient is started, it _may_ fault, and not set up the eth1. If two default routes are set, you have no guarantee of a working route.
eth0 (internal IP, to LAN) does not have a default route, eth1 is to the modem with IP: 10.10.0.1/24 with gw: 10.10.0.0. I tried to use DHCP but it is unable to stay alive during bootup, there is a ppp0 up with DHCP IP from the ISP after bootup, and I believed eth1 somehow is communicating with ppp0 to establish the connection?
I like this list for most things that surface here, but I think both we who know some stuff, and those on a quest of knowledge, can well be witheout the wisdom of the besserwissers that clearly don't have a clue, and wouldn't bother buying one, even if they were given a ¢.
These were my 2¢. Hope I didn't offend too many....
Don't say that man, this list is useful for people who really want to learn and solve problems, with the contribution from people who willing to help, we are better everyday, right?
Have a nice day ahead.
Dennis/sg
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