On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:51:26 +0100 Barry Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 10 Jun 2026, at 08:28, Franta Hanzlík via users > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I tried to install Fedora 44 Server edition on a machine that was > > supposed to serve as a firewall/gateway for a home network on an > > ADSL/VDSL internet connection. And wow 1 - apparently adding an xDSL > > connection in the installer seems impossible (it only offers to add > > Bond/Bridge/Team/VLAN devices). > > > > Which wouldn't be a problem - but the problem is that after installing > > and starting the newly installed system, there are neither the ppp, > > NetworkManager-ppp, NetworkManager-adsl packages (nor NetworkManager-tui > > - I am no grandmaster in nmcli ;) - so an ADSL/VDSL connection cannot > > even be created! > > Which is quite a problem in the absence of another internet connection. > > > > I wanted to report it in Bugzilla - but I don't know which component to > > choose (it is a required field). Can anyone advise? > > > > PS: what is interesting is that when installing Fedora Mate, the > > packages needed for an xDSL connection are installed! > > You have the old modem router? > > If so connect your new fedora server to that router and install the packages > you need. > > Barry > > > -- > -- Hi Barry and Roger, thanks for reply! My modem is Zyxel VMG4005, relative new model ( https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en-gb/products/dsl-cpe/vdsl2-17a-bonding-and-35b-single-line-bridge-vmg4005-b50a ), but it may be any modem, which is able to work in bridge mode - there are many of them. The modem only acts as a media converter - so I have PPPoE on the Ethernet side and all the overhead is handled by my Linux box - so I need ppp and NetworkManager-{ppp,adsl} packages on it, and Linux has ppp0 virtual WAN interface. This arrangement has the great advantage IMO that the public IPv4 address is directly on the interface of my Linux machine (unlike a modem in router mode, where the public IP ends on the modem). And for IPv6 addresses, my ISP provides one /64 "bind" segment on WAN interface, and the other /64 segment is usable for the internal network on the LAN side of my Linux router. Pretty cool... I never wanted a modem in router mode... -- Franta Hanzlik -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
