Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: [ale] Mindspring/Earthlink DSL and linux ?)

[oloryn at mindspring.com (Ben Coleman)]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:36:09 -0400 (EDT), Susan Liebeskind wrote:

>But...am I correct in that you CANNOT do IP masquerading through the
>Linksys DSL router?

I haven't used the Linksys DSL router, but I have a hard time picturing
such a router *NOT* providing NAT.

>One of the boxes at home is an old Solaris box, and I
>don't want the hassles of trying to find a PPPoE client for Solaris.  
>One of the recent postings suggested that every client connecting through
>the DSL router must be running PPPoE, and that's not worth it to me.

That applies only when using no router, but just plugging the ADSL
modem into the local hub.

Ben
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