RE: [MLUG] Setting up dsl

["Davis, Jared Scott" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

A few years ago I ran my roommates connection in a similar fashion
through my computer and an extra network card.  The connection was far
from stable.  A router has a ton of advantages: 
1) That's what they are built to do (the shared internet connection
isn't quite optimized like a router is)
2) if you get one with wireless capability, your laptop will be more
useful, obviously
3) You can tweak the router settings to optimize your connection and set
up a firewall, among other things
4) They're cheap...I have a used 802.11b linksys router I bought for
like $20 (the 802.11g will run a bit more, but b is enough for our
house)
5) easy to set up (just caught this article on lifehacker about
embedding linux on your router, which has a lot of advantages
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/router/hack-attack-turn-your-60-route
r-into-a-600-router-178132.php)

Good luck

Jared Davis
Internet Administrator
Residential Life
University of Missouri-Columbia
100 Pershing Hall
(573) 884-3616


> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:25 PM
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> Subject: [MLUG] Setting up dsl
> 
> I am switching from dialup internet access to
> CenturyTel DSL.  I am trying to figure out how to
> setup up Linux for this and what hardware I will need.
>  The current setup is a desktop with a modem for the
> connection and an ethernet card that shares the
> internet connection over a crossover cable with a
> laptop computer running linux.  The desktop is running
> DHCP server, NFS server, and iptables.  While the
> laptop is running dhcpcd and NFS client.
> 
> My first thought is to just add another network card
> to the desktop.  I believe this would only require me
> to setup the DHCP client on the desktop and everything
> else would work the same.  What would be the
> advantages and disadvantages to using a router (wired
> or wireless) to share the internet connection versus
> the second network card?  If I used a router would I
> need to install a firewall on the laptop also?  How
> would IP addresses work and file sharing with NFS
> work?
> 
> Mark
> 
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