[ale] HOW2 install BellSouth DSL with a USB link rather than Ethernet ? <-- IT'S ALL DONE NOW ! see inside for details...

[Courtney Thomas]

JK,

Thank you for your kind intentions.

It's all done now. I'm just runnin' everybody on the LAN..... FreeBSD,
Linux, Win2K, etc... as dhclients.

If I had just understood that that's all that's needed  :-)  with the
BellSouth router IP set as
the default, I wouldn't have had to bother everyone. But I foolishly didn't
prepare for this
with a little reading but wasn't sure where to start.

But, I TRULY appreciate all the kind effort on everyone's part.

Cordially,
Courtney



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JK" <jknapka at kneuro.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] HOW2 install BellSouth DSL with a USB link rather than
Ethernet ?


> Ben Coleman wrote:
>
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> > Courtney Thomas wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks Dan.
> >>
> >>It's true that the modem is instantly detected when plugged into the hub
but
> >>then what is required to render it functional  ?
> >>
> >>Are dns server addresses [2] required ?
> >
> >
> > Presuming that you're running the stock Westell as BellSouth delivers it
(i.e.
> > you haven't configured it over into bridged mode), then if you set up
your
> > computer to obtain networking information (IP address, DNS addresses,
etc) via
> > DHCP, it should 'just work'.
>
> The fact that the machine is plugged into a hub implies that there
> are other machines connected to the hub as well.  In this case,
> depending on how those other machines are configured, things
> may get a bit more complicated.  You probably do not want
> any machine other than your "router" machine asking the
> modem for an IP address.
>
> This is all a lot easier with two NICs, but it should be possible
> to make things work out with only one.  Courtney may need to
> give us more details about the network setup.
>
> -- JK
>
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