[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: USB DSL

[Allen Wyatt]

The part I'm mostly concerned about is the DSL modem
hooking to the computer via a USB interface.  I know
it is easy enough to use DSL with Linux if you have a
regular network card installed in the computer that
talks to the DSL modem, but is it easy or even
possible using this unusual USB interface?

> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:54:42 -0600
> From: Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net>
> Organization: Steve at Home
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] USB DSL
> Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
> 
> Allen Wyatt wrote:
> > 
> > I just installed a second hard disk in my computer
> and
> > put Linux (Mandrake 7.1) on it.  It works well,
> but I
> > don't know if it is compatible with my DSL
> > installation from SWBell.  I have a DSL modem that
> > connects to the computer via USB.  I haven't tried
> > using the DSL yet.  I'm not really sure where to
> > start.  Any advice/web-sites/HOW-TOs/pointers
> would be appreciated.
> 
> I am running DSL from SWBell via Linux - and it
> works great.
> 
> I had to get the "Enhanced" service in order to get
> static IP
> addresses - but apart from that you don't need
> anything special.
> You could probably run even without the Enhanced
> option using
> DHCP - but I wanted to run a small web site so that
> was pretty
> much out of the question.
> 
> I did a straightforward install of SuSE 7.2 and it
> all worked
> out of the box.  Then I took one of my old PC's,
> added a second
> NIC and turned it into a firewall/HTTP server for my
> internal
> network.  Tuning all the security stuff is a bit of
> a pain - but
> after a couple of months online 24/7 I have yet to
> have any problems.
> 
> With help from people on this list, I was able to
> get my own domain
> name and set up with a free DNS service.
> 
> Altogether a suprisingly painless experience...
> 
> Now I'm trying to get email up and running into the
> internal network
> - that's *NOT* painless.  :-(
> 
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