new DSL

[Shawn Dunn]

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On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 06:39 US/Pacific, Donu Arapura wrote:

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>> After years using  dial-up I've finally got an 'SBC' DSL connection.
>> Unfortunately they don't supply a Linux version of their 
>> software(suprise,suprise!) only Mac or MS.(I'm using a pismo G3 PB.)
>> Can anyone suggest a howto page that will tell me how to connect my
>> YDL 2.2 to SBC's external ethernet 'speedstream' modem?
>> Also SBC uses software called Enternet which gets me on line.
>> If anyone here uses SBC - any idea how I connect Linux with Enternet?
>> Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have a similar setup. At the time I got their service,
> they didn't even support Macs, so we installed Enternet
> on my wife's windows machine. I don't know if it has
> improved, but  my experience was
>  enternet + windows = crash.
>
> I managed to download and install the roaringpenguin
> pppoe client, that someone mentioned, on my yellowdog machine,
> and it worked well. However, I could only connect one
> machine at time. So I  got a router which solved the problem.
> It also doubles as hub for our network. As an added bonus
> I was able to get rid of Enternet once an for all!
>
> So I'd agree with the others that a router is the
> way to go.
>
> - D.
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There is absolutely no reason to go buy a hardware router, rp-pppoe or 
any number of other packages work just peachy with SBC's PPPOE setup, 
as I used them fine for months before upgrading my DSL service, and 
just go read up on IpTables, they're not that hard to figure out, and 
with the ability to split interfaces to create virtual interfaces like 
eth0:1, buying a hardware router is just a waste of money.

			--Shawn W. Dunn

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