On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Michael Slater wrote: > > Hi, > Thanks for your reply.. im with iiNet in Australia, on another machine, i > use an Alcatel Ethernet Modem, and i dont need to set up ppp.. i simply > assign an i.p address to the ethernet card that the modem is plugged into, > and it works.. i dont seem to need ppp of any kind. On this machine however > i must use a usb modem.. can i just load the usb driver, and assign it an > i.p address ? >
Ahh. You are using ppp (at least I would assume so) it is just that the ethernet modem negotiates the ppp for you. What happens is that you set up a ppp connection to your isp and then make this the default gateway for all your traffic. If you put an ethernet card into your linux box using the frog then you will be able to set up something that works the same way as the ethernet modem and you wil have to give the ethernet card an ip address. You will also need to set up masquerading/NAT and possibly port forwarding, again your ethernet modem is doing all this as well. You will actually end up with two IP addresses, one from the ppp connection and one from the ethernet card. Your ethernet modem (assuming you used it to send the email I am replying to got the IP address 203.41.169.130 from your ISP. I would guess that you configured an address like 10.0.0.1. Regards, Tim. > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Woodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:50 PM > Subject: [speedtouch] Re: bridging mode > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Michael Slater wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I have read the documentation on the Alcatel Speed Touch USB drivers, > and > > > the documentation all seems to support ppp on FreeBSD.... Can the driver > be > > > made to work in bridging mode where ppp is not required ? > > > > > > > Probably yes, it depends what you ISP supports. > > > > The pppoa3 driver basically receives ATM frames, extracts the cell data > > removing the AAL5 headers and then passes it on. > > > > You may need to play around with the tty options that are set up, IIRC > > the async option sets up the tty the way you would want while the > > sync option transmits the data the way you would need so a bit of > > hacking would be required. > > > > Which ISP are you with? > > > > Tim. > > > > -- > > God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," > > and there was light. > > > > http://tjw.hn.org/ http://www.locofungus.btinternet.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > > Pour se désinscrire : > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > -- God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light. http://tjw.hn.org/ http://www.locofungus.btinternet.co.uk/ Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
