| Stephen Gran on 15 Sep 2004 15:45:04 -0000 |
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On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:33:17AM -0400, Art Alexion said: > Rebecca Ore wrote: > > > > >On Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at 08:09 AM, Art Alexion wrote: > > > >>I think it is a configuration problem because of the nature of the > >>windows implementation of pppoe is not set to automatically > >>reconnect. Hence, if I was getting the same disconnects when the > >>Windows machine was connected, I would be repeatedly prompted to > >>manually reconnect -- and I am not. > >> > > > >Do you have a baby router (Linksys, Belkin, NetGear) between your dsl > >modem and the machines? > > No. I am still trying to teach myself how to configure my Linux machine > via IP-Masq to act as one. Very good. The linksys (belkin, etc) routers are a good, cheap way to go, but they don't offer the flexibility that a software firewall does. > (Reading the various how-tos seems to have helped me with all of the > software configurations, but I still have basic hardware questions like: > I put an extra NIC in the forwarding computer -- one for the lan and one > for incoming DSL. The lan NIC goes to the lan hub. Do I need another > NIC and another hub for all of the machines to carry the Internet signal > or is it sent over the existing lan? On a Samba lan, how do I get the > Windows machine to recognize and use the ppp connection? When directly > connected to the DSL modem, it uses dial up networking though there > isn't really any dialing.) A connection from a machine on the LAN should go internal machine -> hub -> linux machine -> internet. You've already got all the pieces you need. Just configure the linux machine to do forwarding and NAT, and configure the client machines to use the linux box as their gateway. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | The secret of success is sincerity. | | steve@lobefin.net | Once you can fake that, you've got it | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | made. -- Jean Giraudoux | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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