Geoffrey Young on Sat, 19 Feb 2000 08:12:55 -0500 (EST) |
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 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net > Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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