erm... DSL & Linux, can they be combined?

[er0k]

I feel like a n00b here, i know this will require a router and all that jazz, i was wondering if smoothwall was any good? Any suggestions about installing this would be greeaatt. Gotta get that server back up.

[er0k]

I feel like a n00b here, i know this will require a router and all that jazz, i was wondering if smoothwall was any good? Any suggestions about installing this would be greeaatt. Gotta get that server back up.

[the_JinX]

erm... DSL & Linux, can they be combined?

Hell yeah !!

About the smoothwall I don't know.
I just use iptables !!

Some DSL's need a little bit of software to run, some run instantly. But a http://www.google.com/linux search on ur DSL provider should help.

[the_JinX]

erm... DSL & Linux, can they be combined?

Hell yeah !!

About the smoothwall I don't know.
I just use iptables !!

Some DSL's need a little bit of software to run, some run instantly. But a http://www.google.com/linux search on ur DSL provider should help.

[xid]

Heh, I never saw www.google.com/linux before. I tried www.google.com/mac just for kicks, and it worked too...

[edit] google.com/bsd too, but google.com/ms leads to some wierd thing... Bahasa Melayu ring any bells? [/edit]

No BeOS yet though, unfortunately. :-(

[xid]

Heh, I never saw www.google.com/linux before. I tried www.google.com/mac just for kicks, and it worked too...

[edit] google.com/bsd too, but google.com/ms leads to some wierd thing... Bahasa Melayu ring any bells? [/edit]

No BeOS yet though, unfortunately. :-(

[VictorKaum]

Offcourse it works. You can alter iptables or just use an old box like a firewall/router box. You will need a 486 or better mobo, some ram, 2 nic's and a floppydrive. There are several solutions possible depending on your ISP. Some use PPPoE, if this is the case you will need a PPPoE program on your desktop if you use iptables or a router / gateway that supports PPPoE. Roaring Pinguin has a free PPPoE program to connect your linux box to ADSL providers http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
BBIagent has free linux based router software that can handle PPPoE. www.bbiagent.net

the linux PPPoE project page:
http://www.suse.de/~bk/PPPoE-project.html

some nfo on how to set such a linux router config up:
http://www.speedcorp.net/linux/homelan/

[VictorKaum]

Offcourse it works. You can alter iptables or just use an old box like a firewall/router box. You will need a 486 or better mobo, some ram, 2 nic's and a floppydrive. There are several solutions possible depending on your ISP. Some use PPPoE, if this is the case you will need a PPPoE program on your desktop if you use iptables or a router / gateway that supports PPPoE. Roaring Pinguin has a free PPPoE program to connect your linux box to ADSL providers http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
BBIagent has free linux based router software that can handle PPPoE. www.bbiagent.net

the linux PPPoE project page:
http://www.suse.de/~bk/PPPoE-project.html

some nfo on how to set such a linux router config up:
http://www.speedcorp.net/linux/homelan/

[t2k2]

Thanks for the information guys. I was thinking of dual-booting my machine at home. It's currently running XP Home, and I always wondered how to go about getting Linux to work with ADSL. This was perfect for me!

Thanks again.