[ale] DSL Router for Bellsouth

[James P. Kinney III]

Your gonna be hosed on the PCI card modem. There are very few that are
supported in Linux. Bellsouth was quite insistent for a while that they
_had_ to install the internal cards. Now they ask what you want.

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 10:17, Jeff Layton wrote:
> John,
> 
>    I like this idea (more stuff to play with :). I started to look
> through the documentation (I'm printing it as we speak).
> I've got a basic configuration question. I have a PCI DSL
> modem (isn't it just a NIC?). Would I just pop this DSL
> modem in the smoothwall box as well as a NIC and then
> the smoothwall box will act as a NAT and a firewall?
> Has anyone done this with the Bellsouth DSL modem
> (it's a PCI card)? (Sorry for the stupid questions).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> John Wells wrote:
> 
> > Find a 486 and install smoothwall (smoothwall.org).  Cheaper than a
> > router, and same functionality for the most part.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Jeff Layton said:
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > >    I'm currently connected to Bellsouth DSL on a Windows box
> > > that is set up for ICS so I can connect my Linux box. It's a real
> > > pain to configure ICS so I'd like to switch to a DSL router
> > > (wireless is unncessary). What recommendations do people
> > > have? I'd like one with a firewall to add some more protection
> > > (all the boxes run firewalls of some type). Any opinions on that?
> > >
> > > TIA!
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> Jeff Layton
> Senior Engineer
> Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta
> Aerodynamics & CFD
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