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Re: [PLUG] [semi-OT] integrating new dsl gateway into lan
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If your modem is also a router, you should be able to add a hub or
switch to it. Another way is to change the modem to bridge-only mode,
then connect a router to it. I used the second method at my fathers
house since I had a router available and not a switch. A third method
might be to keep the modem in router mode, then add a router as a plain
switch.
Art Alexion wrote:
> Verizon just sent me a new modem, the Actiontec. This DSL modem is a modem,
> an ethernet gateway and a wireless router. My existing setup is a Linux
> computer using RP-PPPoE set to IP-Masq, thereby providing routing/gateway for
> the other 2-3 computers on the LAN. The Linux gateway has two NIC cards: one
> to receive the DSL data, and the other for the LAN. Two of the other (w32)
> computers have a single NIC; an OSX laptop has both ethernet and wireless
> built in so my question doesn't apply to it. There is an 8 port hub for the
> LAN.
>
> Is there a way for the w32 computers with one NIC to connect to the DSL
> gateway and the LAN without adding another NIC? In other words, can the
> Actiontec gateway act as both a DSL router and a hub?
>
> Is there way to chain the hub into this mess to achieve this? (I think I have
> another NIC around, but it would be nice if I didn't need it, plus I just
> have the curiosity to learn another way to accomplish this.)
>
> Is it worth the trouble using FTP rather than Samba for the LAN, and can that
> be accomplished through the gateway?
>
>
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