[PLUG] DSL Elementary Questions.

Michael Smith codeyeti at yahoo.com
Mon May 6 18:44:38 UTC 2002


Nope.  Sorry.  I haven't been on DSL for about 9 months, so I can't help there.

Bill Spears wrote:

> On Monday 06 May 2002 11:09 am, you wrote:
> > You can connect to the cisco router via a rj45<->serial cable that should
> > have come with it.  Use minicom to connect to the serial port.  I think
> > it's 9600 8N1, but the bitrate might be different.  Then you're talking
> > directly to the CBOS.  Check online for a reference for CBOS commands.  The
> > cisco will do some crazy stuff--builtin NAT, tftp server.
> >
> So, could it act like a cheap firewall?
> Do you use it?
>
> > Bill Spears wrote:
> > > The Windows version uses a program to manage the Cisco 678, so I thought
> > > maybe it might need one under Linux. So if I want to run floppyfw all I
> > > have to do is plug it in? And boot.
>
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