DSL modem using linux box as a router.

[kbb0927@cs.com]

Lonnie,

AFAIK, yes it uses PPPoE.  I gues I have 2 issues here:
1.  Make sure I set the DSL setup
2.  Make sure I get the firewall back up afterwards.

Regards,

Keith B.

Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
>> Anyone out there set up a linux box to act as a router using a DSL modem
>> that could offer some tips?  I will be upgrading my sister's router from
>> a Dial up ISP to Verizon DSL service.  Of course, I had to initially set it
>> up under windblowz, but want to switch it back to linux as a router. I
>> had her under SuSE 7.2 and upgraded to SuSE 8.0 for ease of setup.
>>
>> 1.  DO I leave the ppp0 setup under my firewall?
>
>Does Verizon use PPPoE?  I'm not clear on what your firewall has to do
>with setting this up?
>
>> 2.  Do I need 2 NIC cards or not.  It is not clear from SuSE's SDB site
>
>A router needs at least 2 NICs.  One for all traffic to the outside world,
>and one for all trafffic to your internal network.
>
>> I have found and am studying a  HowTo for DSL under linux, but I need to
>> make sure I set iptables back up to use with SuSE Firewall2 as I had it
>> set up under SuSE 7.2 and dial up.
>
>Well, i know zero about "SuSE Firewall2".  All that you must have to
>accomplish this is PPPoE support (if that's what verizon uses for auth),
>and NAT support.  The firewall really has nothing to do with it, other
>than being a good idea for security reasons.
>
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