I'm curious to know how many people are presently using IPtables as their firewall? I'd be interested in any comment or suggestions as well. bruce At 11:50 AM 08/08/00, you wrote:

Hi,

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I have installed rp-pppoe in preparation for my DSL connection. I purchased a static IP address but I see that rp-pppoe states not to assign the external ethernet card an IP address. If I change the configuration to reflect my static IP will the software work? Am I wasting my money with a static IP address? Do I need a different piece of software in order to utilize a static IP address? I need clarification on this. Could someone please help me on this?

Your IP address will be assigned during the PPP link negotiation. If you paid for a static address, you should always get this static address assigned by your ISP. rp-pppoe itself knows nothing about IP (well, except for the MSS clamping hack), so doesn't care what IP address you get assigned.

Your static address will be assigned to a PPP interface (e.g. ppp0), not the Ethernet interface. The Ethernet interface itself is not used for IP at all, just PPPoE. Confused yet? :-)

-- David.

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