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RE: [PLUG] DSL is working
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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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