[NTLUG:Discuss] SBC Yahoo Management

[Patrick R. Michaud]

My father has SBC/Yahoo DSL (in Corpus Christi), and his system
uses PPPOE.  We bought him a Linksys 4-port wireless router 
($60 @ Best Buy), set it up with PPPOE, and it's worked great
since then.

My dad's machine is connected to the router via cabled ethernet,
but the wireless version of the Linksys was the same price as
the non-wireless one, and it's useful when I visit with my laptop.  :-)
For security we just disable the wireless port whenever I'm not
visiting.

Pm


On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 12:33:00PM -0600, Ralph Green, Jr wrote:
> Howdy,
>   My next door neighbor just go SBC/Yahoo DSL.  She is a Windows 200
> user and she has connected the DSL modem directly to the ethernet card
> on her computer.  She has to run a management console program to connect
> to the internet.  Does anyone here have experience with this software? 
> It is working fine for her, but I want to set up a router/firewall that
> will sit between her machine and the net.  If this software is just a
> PPPOE(I think that is the name) login, then a IPCOP machine or an
> inexpensive router from Frys should handle it.  My interest is two
> fold.  I want to help her keep her machine safe.  But, if we setup a
> router, I could take my Linux laptop over and connect up easily while
> I'm visiting.
> Thanks,
> Ralph
> 
> 
> 
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