Geoffrey Young on Sat, 19 Feb 2000 08:12:55 -0500 (EST)


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RE: [PLUG] DSL is working


I've had good luck with this SMC 4 port hub...

http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00058428/02314311.htm

$24.99 + free shipping :)

--Geoff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vkenny [mailto:vkenny@quarterleaf.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:26 PM
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] DSL is working
> 
> 
> In Re. IPMasq
> It'd be easier to get a 4 port hub and use your Linus system 
> as the default
> gateway.  for someone to access your system, all they'd have to do is
> telnet ( or preferably ssh ( Nod to Kyle) cause telnet sends 
> authentication
> in cleartext) to your gateway, and then move on to whatever 
> other system
> you may have set up.
> if you've already got the NICs, then the only thing you'd 
> need would be the
> hub, which should cost about a bill.
> Peace,.
> V
> 
> 
> "Gregory T. Weber" wrote:
> 
> > Much thanks to PLUG member Charles Stack for guiding me 
> through setting
> > up my DSL connection.  I thought I would summarize what I 
> have learned
> > in case others are in the same position (Got DSL but know 
> nothing about
> > Networking and your ISP doesn't want to talk Linux).  My 
> task was to set
> > up DSL on both my Window's 98 legacy machine that my wife 
> is fond of and
> > my  Linux box.  Really,  I all needed to know was what to 
> plug in where.
> >
> > I started to try to do this through the Control Panel.  
> Charles strongly
> > recommended using  linuxconf over Control Panel and provided the
> > following directions.
> >
> > a) Go to Config|Networking|Client Tasks|Basic Host Information
> > b) In Host name, give your machine a name (I used 
> angler.voicenet.com)
> > c) Under Adapter 1...
> >     1) Check Enabled
> >     2) Config Mode should be either manual or DHCP depending on what
> > VoiceNet told you.
> >     3) If manual...
> >         a) Enter your IP address (either 10.0.0.X or your static IP>
> > (whatever voicenet told you).
> >         b) Set your netmask.
> >         c) Set your Net device to eth0
> >         d) Select the correct Kernel module for your network card (I
> > used 3x509)
> >    4) If DHCP, you'll need to set c)3)c) and c)3)d). (I think).
> > d) Click the Accept button.
> > e) Go to Config|Networking|Client tasks| Name server 
> specification (DNS)
> >
> > f) Set the following...
> >     1) Check DNS Usage.
> >     2) default domain = voicenet.com (or whatever YOUR domain is)
> >     3) Enter IP address of DNS server 1
> >     4) Enter IP address of DNS server 2
> > g) Click Accept
> > h) Go to Config|Networking|Routine and gateways|Set Defaults
> >  i) For Default Gateway, you'll enter the IP address of 
> your DSL modem.
> >  j) Don't worry about Enable Routing unless you are setting 
> up to be a
> > router.
> > k) Accept the changes.
> >  l) Click Quit and Activate the Changes.
> >
> >     If all goes well, you should be able to surf the web.
> >
> > So it did go well and I now have both Windows and Linux using DSL.
> > Seems easy enough now that I have done it once (kind of embarrassing
> > really).  I currently only have one IP address so only one 
> machine can
> > be connected at a time.  So I have to buy another IP from Voicenet
> > ($5/mo).  Charles suggested using IP Masq to get around this.
> > Apparently,  if I had  two NICs in my box , IP Masq could allow many
> > machines to share a single IP address.  The downside being 
> that  nobody
> > will be able to directly access the masqueraded machines as 
> they would
> > be on a private network.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > 
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