[PLUG] DSL Elementary Questions.

[Bill Spears]

Again thanks  to all.
I have static IP, bridged mode. So we can forget about using 678 as firewall.
I think what'll do is make the Windows machine the DSL is connected to into a 
dual boot: Windows and floppyfw.  That way if I have trouble, I can get back 
on the net without moving nics.  This way it'll be the same MAC, and I may 
not have to deal with ISP reboots, or whatever they do.  Once I get 
everything working, I've  got an old Pentium, I can use.



On Monday 06 May 2002 12:22 pm, you wrote:
> In most situations dsl is just as described.  a lan on
> one end, telco on the other.  there are many types of
> dsl provisioning, tho, and some provisioning is done
> at the noc and contains info like the mac address of
> the adapter on the other side of the cpe.  if the noc
> keeps this record, you will either need to have them
> switch it, or use the same nic.  other cpe's keep a
> flash ram record of the mac addy, and need a power
> cycle sometimes up to 3 minutes to forget that info.
> yet others dont care at all.  just hook up and go.  I
> dont know about the cisco on qwest, but I think it
> keeps the flash ram, and once you clear that, it is
> standard dhcp lan on the inside.  set your fw to pull
> its ip dhcp, and assign the inside however you like.
>
> let me know if this helps.
> john
>
> --- Bill Spears <bspears at easystreet.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 06 May 2002 09:34 am, you wrote:
> > > So I've got DSL from Qwest running on a Windows
> >
> > machine and I'd like to
> >
> > > switch, slowly and carefully, to floppyfw.
> > >
> > > The way I understand it, DSL is like a lan and the
> >
> > modem provides a telco
> >
> > > connection on one side an a lan connection on the
> >
> > other.
> >
> > > What would happen if I took out the windows cable
> >
> > and put in one from a
> >
> > > linux machine?  On a lan it would eventually adapt
> >
> > to the new MAC. What
> >
> > > happens in the DSL context?
> > >
> > > What if I have a dual boot and I start the DSL
> >
> > connection under Windows,
> >
> > > and reboot to floppyfw.  Would that work?
> >
> >  Thanks to both guys. I should have mentioned that I
> > run in bridged mode
> >
> > 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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