[wplug] dsl setup

[Darius Cardren]

In some of the areas we have DSL (we as in my employer) they use the
zytxel modems that offer a 192.186.1.x ip all you nee dot do is set
the router  internal ip for any thing else (even a 10.x.x.x ip)

On 5/10/05, Greg Akins <gakins at insomnia-consulting.org> wrote:
> >
> > For Linux, you should simply be able to do a DHCP_REQUEST and get a
> > private address (192.168.1.x for the Westell 2200 series) as Cameron
> > stated.  I'm not sure how you'd handle the initial setup on Linux
> > though.  They make you jump through a lot of hoops and sign-up garbage.
> > I'd be curious to see how that's done.  My guess is that you'd have to
> > do it via a win32 box first.
> >
> 
> I just helped a friend setup his Verizon DSL.  They send a disk that has to be
> run in Windows to activate the account.
> 
> After I did that however, I just turned on my Linux laptop (already setup for
> DHCP) and it connected with no problems.  In fact it was easier than getting the
> second and third Windows boxes configured (go figure;')
> 
> Greg Akins
> Insomnia Consulting
> www.insomnia-consulting.org
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