Re: advice about ADSL

From: Paulo R. Dallan (prdolc_at_yahoo.com.br)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:06:32 -0300

Christian Mund wrote:

> Hi cor,
>
> In comp.os.linux.networking cor wrote:
>
>>
> This is a quite easy job, on your linux box you just need set up dhcp
> for your network card (refer to you distribution's documentation). The
> dhcp server on the Speedtouch will then respond and assign an ip adress
> to it (along with broadcast, netmask, and gateway adress - you don't
> need to worry about this). After that you can access the web frontend of
> the Speedtouch (check the manual for the default ip), feed it with the
> account data of your dsl provider and change configuration if needed.
>
>
> Christian
>

Ok, I'm new to this, and trying to learn a little more; so, in this context,
would it be the same if his provider uses pppoe? (it is really a question
here).

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