Re: Sarge 3.1 DATAONE connection problem

Now in present config,
I got
1.unknown interface type dsl-provider
2.Ethernet LAN card  eth0
i need to activate both via network-admin &
as su running pon dsl-provider :-(
Any way FC4 is far easier vs Sarge in eth configrn.


Mahesh T. Pai wrote:

>Prakash Jose Kokkatt said on Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:47:49AM +0530,:
>
> > I mean can i configure pppoe on my stand-alone computer with the
>
>Certainly yes you can.
>
>I have  no access to my  machine which runs dataone  right now; please
>wait for 36 hours. I will post a mini howto on this list. 
> 
> > on-board lan card?That is what should i do to 'eth' to prevent it from
> > searching for a lan network?
> > when i enable eth,it is running DHCPDISCOVER for a long time?
>
>Nah. You need to enable eth0, but  all I remember right now is you put
>in only one line. 
>
> > On 7/22/05, Dileep M. Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > You don't need a dialer for dataone. That router/modem itself has the dialer
> > > s/w built in. Configure your lan card IP as 192.168.1.1. Browse
> > > 192.168.100.1, you will get the modem's web interface. Rest is simple. for
> > > further info refer to the pdf file supplied along with that modem.
> > > 
> > > FYI, that modem/router has NAT, firewall, dhcp server etc built in.
>
>Yup. That  is another way of  using this contraption. I  do not prefer
>that for security reasons. Nothing beats security provided by good ol'
>gnu/linux.  This  way, the router  is 192.168.1.1 and  your standalone
>machine could be
>
>(a) a dhcp client (put auto eth0 dhcp in /etc/network/interfaces)
>(b) a  client with a  fixed local IP  address like 192.168.1.X  wher X
>could be any number except 1.
>
>Both require configuration on the modem/router.
>
>Depending on your perspecrive, this set  up can be both a boon as well
>as a blessing - you cannot ssh into your box (the public IP belongs to
>the modem/router); but you can  do some NAT / portforwarding tricks on
>the router  to forward ssh  traffic to the  PC.  Of course,  not being
>able to ssh into your box would be considered a boon by several ...
>
>I do  not know what is running  NAT / firewalling bla..  bla.. on this
>modem / router, so I decided to use it as a pppoe modem.
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