-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ken Schneider wrote: | Since the modem is -also- a router why not just use it and be done with | it. It performs firewalling by using NAT and there is NO reason to | connect to it with your linux box and use dsl0 as well. that's not going to work. as i said in my original post, that's a long and painful story. i'm dealing with a half-baked modem-router (from a half-baked telecoms company) that doesn't even look or do what the manual that comes with it says it does. i'm using ppp over ethernet, hence both eth0 and dsl0 (with dsl0 using eth0). - -- Raoul Snyman Saturn Laboratories Web: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ E-mail: raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za Blog: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ Linux User #333298 (http://counter.li.org/) - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT/MU d-(+) s(+):-(--) a- C++$ ULC(++++)>$ P+ L++(+++)>$ !E !W++@>$ N(+) !o K--? w(---)$ !O !M(+) !V !PS? !PE !Y PGP+(++)@ t+>$ 5+(++)>$ !X(-) !R tv--? b+@ DI(+) !D+ !G e++ h+() r y- - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCXCP/dabIu5z4rwwRAn/bAJwLu6biQzOS3gNsvtK8/laDRCP1BACfU8aR PFTe+FD/cZwt8gdYhjjD9R0= =jIrB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----