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On Wednesday 10 January 2007 20:32, Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, b.n. wrote: |
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> > Buying an hardware router with DHCP will avoid you any hassle. I did |
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> > this way at my parent's home and everything runs perfectly. |
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> > Of course I'm talking of a 24/7 connection. |
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> Probably that's what I want, but how can I know? The handbook doesn't |
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> talk about such things, and I have no experience with ADSL. What |
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> configuring must be done for such setup? More important, what |
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> documentation is there? (And the instructions in the handbook refer to |
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> what kind of setup?) |
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If you use a router, the usual DHCP configuration (for wired or wireless |
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ethernet) applies. Depending on the router setup, your host might |
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receive only the IP address or other parameters too (DNS, domain name, |
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etc.), so just edit /etc/conf.d/net accordingly. |
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The router is usually configured using a web interface, and is the device |
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that establishes the actual Internet connection (using its WAN port). |
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Of course, the router _does_ have to be configured with the correct ADSL |
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parameters (type of ATM encapsulation, username/password for the PPP |
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session, etc.) and these parameters are (or should be) provided by your |
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ISP. |
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