[olug] PPPoE on Linux

[Phil Brutsche]

Do these help?

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/System_Administration_Guide/s1-network-config-xdsl.html
http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=red_hat_linux7&seqNum=61
http://www.carricksolutions.com/linuxpppoe.htm

They're not necessarily recent, but rp-pppoe is rp-pppoe regardless of
whether it's RH7 or CentOS 4.

Obi-Wan wrote:
> I'll be upgrading my Windstream (Lincoln) DSL line soon, which means 
> getting a new SpeedStream DSL router. I'm told that these don't play 
> nice with static IP's (I have my own /29), so it's recommended that I
> simply set the router in bridge mode and then handle all the PPPoE 
> stuff on my firewall box, which is CentOS 4. Alas, recent tutorials 
> on how to do this are proving difficult to locate. Have any of you 
> configured this before, and if so, would you like to share details of
> how you did it or where you found the instructions?
> 
> I run a lot of stuff off that network, so I can't afford to be down 
> for a long time while I fiddle with this. I'd like to figure it out 
> ahead of time and preconfigure what I can before they throw the
> switch.
> 


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Phil Brutsche
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