[wplug] DSL prep

[Zach]

I've ordered DSL service from a local Verizon reseller called Nidhog
on Penn Ave. I will be getting 728/128 service for $19.95 a month. He
said I can have a free DSL modem and a static ip. I would like to
prepare for this (expect techs to come in next week) so what should I
do on my Linux side?

I've got a Dell Latitude C600 laptop running Debian lenny with 2.6.18
debianized kernel.

The notebook has a NIC so I guess the DSL modem will plug into that.

He said they run PPPoE so what will I have to do to get my connection
up once it is phsically setup?

I've been a dialup user all my life so I don't know much about
networking beyond pon/poff, pppconfig, wvial :-)

How will I bring up my connection? If I need to bring it down how
would I do that?

Since I'll have my own static ip how would I go about getting my own
domain? He said I can run my own webserver. Not sure about mailserver.

Here is what lspci says about my ethernet card:

00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus
[Cyclone] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Unknown device 6456
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 1250ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at f3ffdc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Region 2: Memory at f3ffd800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-

I don't see any module for it in lsmod:

netrek:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_async              11008  1
crc_ccitt               2240  1 ppp_async
binfmt_misc            10984  1
openafs               482108  3
ipt_ULOG                7780  1
x_tables               13316  1 ipt_ULOG
ppdev                   8676  0
lp                     11012  0
ipv6                  226016  30
fuse                   39828  1
dm_snapshot            15552  0
dm_mirror              19152  0
dm_mod                 50232  2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
usb_storage            71840  0
scsi_mod              124168  1 usb_storage
binfmt_aout             7116  0
slip                   12800  0
ppp_deflate             5792  0
zlib_deflate           18200  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp                5600  0
ppp_generic            25908  7 ppp_async,ppp_deflate,bsd_comp
slhc                    6528  2 slip,ppp_generic
tsdev                   7520  0
snd_maestro3           23300  0
snd_ac97_codec         83104  1 snd_maestro3
snd_ac97_bus            2400  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            38368  0
snd_mixer_oss          15200  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                68676  3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          9640  1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_dummy           3844  0
snd_seq_oss            28768  0
snd_seq_midi            8192  0
snd_rawmidi            22560  1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia                 34140  0
firmware_class          9600  1 pcmcia
snd_seq_midi_event      7008  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                45680  6
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              20996  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          7820  5
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    47012  10
snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_piix4               8140  0
psmouse                35016  0
parport_pc             32132  1
parport                33256  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
i2c_core               19680  1 i2c_piix4
shpchp                 33024  0
pci_hotplug            28704  1 shpchp
intel_agp              21148  1
agpgart                29896  1 intel_agp
serio_raw               6660  0
soundcore               9248  1 snd
rtc                    12372  0
pcspkr                  3072  0
evdev                   9088  1
yenta_socket           24460  2
rsrc_nonstatic         11840  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            36852  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ext3                  119240  1
jbd                    52456  1 ext3
mbcache                 8356  1 ext3
ide_disk               14848  3
ide_cd                 36064  0
cdrom                  32544  1 ide_cd
floppy                 53156  0
uhci_hcd               21164  0
3c59x                  40360  0
mii                     5344  1 3c59x
usbcore               112644  3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd
piix                    9444  0 [permanent]
generic                 5476  0 [permanent]
ide_core              110504  5 usb_storage,ide_disk,ide_cd,piix,generic
thermal                13608  0
processor              28840  1 thermal
fan                     4804  0

I'd prefer to add it the Debian way.

Also since I'll be on the net 24x7 I would like to beef up my
security. Anyone have ideas for a good basic security system I can
deploy fairly soon?

Zach