[NTLUG:Discuss] USB DSL

[Steve Baker]

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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