Stefan O'Rear wrote:
If you have a local network (if you have a router you have a local network) than you don't need to worry about DSL. If you have a working router and a working NIC you have working internet.
It's not a real router, and I do not have a LAN. It's a "router" built-in to the 5100b modem. A real router allows attachment of external devices, but this "router" is actually built into the DSL modem case, making for a different sort of connection to the NIC. I think it is the standard SBC (phone company) choice for DSL modems in order to make their automated Windows installer more trouble-free. So, no LAN.
I just moved to an area w/ SBC DSL service. I had it set up a couple of weeks ago. The SpeedStream modem works no problem with Linux. Plug it into your NIC, get your IP address through DHCP and browse to http://192.168.0.1 to set up your connection and what not. Works like a champ.
-Roberto Sanchez
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