Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: [ale] Mindspring/Earthlink DSL and linux?)

[Tomas]

Im not sure how much it matters, but it is definetly not that important.  There are a lot of people doing this now as there are a lot of old computers out there with free OS's (praise tux).  I know there are several companies who are just installing linux/BSD on older computers and setting up local dhcp on them for home/small business use.  So go for it


On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 01:11:28PM -0400, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I also am watching this discussion as I just received my
> Mindspring/Earthlink DSL install kit.
> 
> I am thinking that since I have an old 386 I can bring up, that running
> Coyote Linux thru the floppy would be cost effective.  How important is
> the CPU power of the router if that is the CPU's only purpose?  I agree
> that a small appliance that is fanless and small would contribute to the
> quality of the work environment.  That is an important side to home
> networking that can easily be forgotten until you have to put it all
> together!
> 
> How does router performance relate to CPU power?  I have an old 486DX100
> and an older 386DX40 as possible router machines.  The Alcatel/Zyxel DSL
> modem which I received doesn't do NAT but does have "device" filtering
> but not "protocol" filtering capabilities.  I don't have any experience
> with creating rulesets based on offset bits and octal masks for
> filtering packets so I'll want to stick to protocol filtering under
> netfilter or ipchains.  That means the router machine will actively
> filter causing load on the CPU.
> 
> What happens to the CPU equation when you add services such as DHCP,
> DNS, email, and so on?  Wouldn't the perceived performance in the
> network depend more on the number of clients using those services as to
> how the load on the CPU scaled?  Thanks,
> Dow
> 
> 
> Susan Liebeskind wrote:
> > 
> > I'm watching this discussion with interest as I currently have Mindspring
> > DSL and a Linux Gateway (RH 6.2, and I need to upgrade the kernel, I know)
> > and Roaring Penguin PPPoE.
> > 
> >  ---
> > 
> > I'd like to replace my Linux gateway box which is running on old and
> > failing hardware, and have thought long and hard about dumping the PC in
> > favor of the Linksys DSL router.  It would free up a huge amount of space
> > in the home office.
> > 
> > But...am I correct in that you CANNOT do IP masquerading through the
> > Linksys DSL router?  One of the boxes at home is an old Solaris box, and I
> > don't want the hassles of trying to find a PPPoE client for Solaris.
> > One of the recent postings suggested that every client connecting through
> > the DSL router must be running PPPoE, and that's not worth it to me.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Susan
> > ===========================================================================
> > Susan Liebeskind (susan.liebeskind at gtri.gatech.edu)
> > GTRI/ITTL/CSITD
> > 347 Ferst St                                     Fax   404-894-9081
> > Atlanta, GA  30332-0832                          Phone 404-894-4266
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.
> 
> -- 
> __________________________________________________________
> Dow Hurst                   Office: 770-499-3428
> Systems Support Specialist  Fax:    770-423-6744
> 1000 Chastain Rd.
> Chemistry Department SC428  Email:dhurst at kennesaw.edu
> Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
> Kennesaw, GA 30144
> *********************************
> *Computational Chemistry is fun!*
> *********************************
> --
> To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.

-- 
Tomas

tomas at kahuna.clayton.edu
http://kahuna.clayton.edu/~tomas

--
To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.