On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:46, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo ADSL wireless router (3 questions)': > The instructions are all on CD. I reviewed them again and it's just > "plug in the power cord, plug in the ethernet cable, plug in the phone > cord" stuff. I'm completely sure it's just a DSL modem.
If that's all you have to do, it's definitely a "router". It's a rather trivial one, since it just translates packets from one side to the other and does some minor bookkeeping, but it's a router. A xDSL modem would require authentication to be set up. In your case, all you need to do is configure your Gentoo system for DHCP. You might want to use a longer timeout though. It can take a little while for the xDSL router to negotiate the connection. > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml This document is for setting up a Gentoo box to /be/ a router, IIRC. If that's the case, it's not something you need for now. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
pgpuRTmJRNycg.pgp
Description: PGP signature
