> 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.
Weird.
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.
Exactly right. I discovered that myself earlier today.
> 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.
I do need it if I want to connect my laptop to the Internet wirelessly
though. I also want to be able to ssh into my network via the
Internet. Will this modem/router make that impossible? If so I think
I'll call Verizon about their 30-day money back guarantee.
- Grant
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