I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
gap without internet access and that I can't expect any support
whatsoever from the provider's staff. Of course, I can't do any
testing...
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Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
> prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
> gap without internet access and that I can't expect any support
> whatsoever from the provider's staff. Of
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
gap without internet access and that I can't expect any support
whatsoever from the provider's staff. Of course, I can't do any
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote:
Buying an hardware router with DHCP will avoid you any hassle. I did this way
at my parent's home and everything runs perfectly.
Of course I'm talking of a 24/7 connection.
Probably that's what I want, but how can I know? The handbook doesn't
talk about suc
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 12:43, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] moving to ADSL':
> I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
> prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
&
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 20:32, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote:
> > Buying an hardware router with DHCP will avoid you any hassle. I did
> > this way at my parent's home and everything runs perfectly.
> >
> > Of course I'm talking of a 24/7 connection.
>
> Probably that
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 22:06, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> If you use a router, the usual DHCP configuration (for wired or
> wireless ethernet) applies.
Of course, the above is true if you configure your router to act as a
DHCP server (the most common setup with an ADSL router, at least in my
e
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ha scritto:
Firstly, ignore those that want you to buy another piece of hardware to do
something your computer is perfectly capable of doing. It's an
unnecessary expense, and while initial configuration *might* be easier
you'll pay later because that "simple" interface d
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
Firstly, ignore those that want you to buy another piece of hardware to do
something your computer is perfectly capable of doing. It's an
unnecessary expense, and while initial configuration *might* be easier
you'll pay later because that "sim
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:35:39 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> Firstly, ignore those that want you to buy another piece of hardware to
> do something your computer is perfectly capable of doing.
He's going to need an ADSL modem, so why not get one with a router built
in? In fact, here in th
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ha scritto:
Firstly, ignore those that want you to buy another piece of hardware to do
something your computer is perfectly capable of doing. It's an
unnecessary expense, and while initial configuration *might* be easier
you'll pay la
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 16:15, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] moving to ADSL':
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > Firstly, ignore those that want you to buy another piece of hardware
> > to do somet
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
Well, I knew you'd need a ADSL modem. Some of these (IIRC ours even) can
be configured to handle all the pppoe-ness and simply provide an ethernet
connection. Depending on your service plan, you'll then simply run a DHCP
client or statically
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 17:20, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] moving to ADSL':
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > Well, I knew you'd need a ADSL modem. Some of these (IIRC ours even)
> > can be con
On 1/11/07, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>
> Well, I knew you'd need a ADSL modem. Some of these (IIRC ours even) can
> be configured to handle all the pppoe-ness and simply provide an ethernet
> connection. Depending on your servi
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:43:26 +0300, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
gap without internet access and that I can't expect any support
whatsoeve
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 10:07 +0300, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:43:26 +0300, Jorge Almeida
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm about to switch from cable to ADSL anytime soon, and I'm trying to
> > prepare the computer for the big change, given that there will be a time
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Kent Fredric wrote:
Generally, these devices provide full DHCP, DNS,NTP, Port/Host based
routing/firewalling etc, and all users are NAT'ed behind it.
Generally, the modem handles all the potentially difficult nasties of
gettting the PPP stuff underway, and you cant even te
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
The firewall and router you get with an ADSL modem are essentially free these
days. If you need more then what is in the router, nothing prevents you from
building a box for traffic monitoring and advanced routing later.
Good point.
You must
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Kent Fredric wrote:
Generally, these devices provide full DHCP, DNS,NTP, Port/Host based
routing/firewalling etc, and all users are NAT'ed behind it.
Generally, the modem handles all the potentially difficult nasties of
gettting the PPP stuff und
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote:
>
> Generally, the modem handles all the potentially difficult nasties of
> gettting the PPP stuff underway, and you cant even tell what your
> external IP is unless you query the modems web interface. To the user,
> you can just be 192.168.1.50, and the mod
On Thursday 11 January 2007 22:15, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote:
> > Well, you can disable router firewalling and firewalling your box, why
> > not? Actually, that's the most sensible thing to do.
>
> I think I was confused and said nonsense. The box having a private IP
>
On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Mick wrote:
That's how I have set up mine. The Netgear [ADSL modem/NAT router/SPI
firewall (statefull packet inspection)] box does its tricks, inc. acting as a
DHCP, DNS server and gateway for the boxen on the LAN, while each LAN machine
has an additional layer of security
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 22:42 +, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Mick wrote:
>
> >
> > That's how I have set up mine. The Netgear [ADSL modem/NAT router/SPI
> > firewall (statefull packet inspection)] box does its tricks, inc. acting as
> > a
> > DHCP, DNS server and gateway for th
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, William Kenworthy wrote:
get the device to tell you that its IP has changed?
I use a linux box behind an old DSL300 for the above that extracts the
IP number from the interface connected to the DSL300 every 60 seconds.
If its changed, this triggers an update to dyndns (via
On Sunday 14 January 2007 09:46, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> > I presume OpenWRT can run scripts to do something similar?
>
> I think it can run user-made scripts (that's the point, after all), but
> my experience with OpenWRT is nil. I can cook up the script easily
> enough, but I don't know about ezu
Hi,
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:59:13 +
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What seems great about OpenWRT is the possibility of installing
> > packages. Only debian packages made for OpenWRT. I guess I'll have to
> > learn about that...
>
> Me too. I would also like to learn how to cross compil
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