Dear ISP Group: I am trying to configure my Debian machine to communicate with my ISP via a Netopia DSL router and a static IP address. The relevant documentation I have seen applies to Redhat systems which have a much different configuration file structure.
Does anybody know of documentation or examples that are Debian specific for this sort of thing. The significant details are as follows. My hardware components are a Debian LINUX machine with OS release 2.2--potato, a Netopia R45413 DSL router, and a functional Ethernet NIC card. The router does not require PPPOE or any PPP at all on the machine to which it is connected--just TCP and an Ethernet card. I have a static IP address--a public one--but a private IP address must be used to talk to the router. (i.e. The private IP address is configurable.) Communicating with my ISP requires the following additional address components. * IP Gateway Address--this is actually used to talk to the router. * DNS IP addresses--Primary and secondary, Note: There is also a public gateway address but it is not needed. Some more information about what I am doing is as follows. NEEDS _____ 1) Run TCP applications--web browser etc.--between my machine and the ISP. (i.e. Fundamental.) 2) Run a standard FTP server on my machine. (i.e. I have my own domaine.) Note: In these cases the Ethernet NIC is directly connected to the router. WISHES ______ 1) Run TCP applications with my local machines via a HUB. Note that this works already. I would like to simply be able move the Ethernet cable from the router to the HUB without the necessity of editing configuration files every time I do it. (i.e. Very desirable.) 2) (i.e. Not Critical.) The ability to run applications as in 1 above without the necessity to move the Ethernet cable around. In other words, the HUB is plugged into the router instead of the router. However, only the machine with the FTP server communicates with the outside world via the router. Best Regards, Paul Romero -- Paul Romero, Data Communications Engineer RCOM Communications Software 8 Eastwood Court Oakland, CA 94611 Phone/Fax: (510)339-2628 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
