Re: Linux sys as a ADSL router?
- From: Wolfgang Draxinger <wdraxinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 02:24:42 +0200
Dave {Reply Address In.Sig} wrote:
Yes you can, you need to get an ADSL modem card to plug in to your PC, or
use one of the Speedtouch USB modems. I did have that setup once, but the
Speedtouch has been resident on the shelf for some time because I didn't
consider it as reliable as a standalone box. The Linux box is still there
though, it's load-balancing between two internet feeds.
Most DSL modems come in the form of ethernet bridges. Technically they're
some sort of media converter. In theory one could connect to the internet
with these directly without the need of dialup software.
But usually PPoEP is used. In short: Ethernet is used to connect the modem
to a computer, but instead of a networking protocoll like IP the ethernet
frame transport PPP.
The DSL modems that connect via USB actually implement USB ethernet
adaptors. So in those devices you connect your computer to a external
ethernet NIC by USB, and that NIC is then bridged via DSL.
Wolfgang
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