John B wrote:
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 12:39, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
John B wrote:
By the way, the modem/router is a Best Data model 56NET. It's an external ethernet modem with a built-in router.
I think you misunderstood. It is an external router with a built-in hub/switch AND modem. It is the router that will control the modem, NOT the computers. The only problem I can see is with the dial-up by demand. I don't know how many hours you have with your ISP, but I was amazed at how often dial on demand causes a connection, last time I used it.
The box even says it's compatible with UNIX and Linux and the other OS's.
and it is correct. As far as your w98 and SuSE box go, they are on a LAN with the router as their DHCP server and WAN gateway, and probably DNS server as well. -- Joe Morris
Thanks Joe for your help. I've got unlimited dial-up time with my ISP, so no problems there. As far as dial-on-demand, the instructions look to me to read that all I have to do is just use my regular dial-up process (I use kppp), and if the modem is already connected, the other computer(s) only need to just open a browser and go where they want or whatever, no need for them to dial or anything. Anyway, I'm gonna give Ken's instructions a shot and see what happens. I'm gonna wait until I have everything plugged in and set up and then install dhcp on my SuSE system, and just follow the instructions on the CD for the W98 system...hopefully it'll be a cake walk.
John B.
That's the way I did it many moons ago, fire up the box connected to the modem with IP Forwarding turned on and used kppp to dial up. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired Large IBM and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks