On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:14:42 +0100 Barry Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 10 Jun 2026, at 13:52, Franta Hanzlík <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:51:26 +0100 > > Barry Scott <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > [...] > >> -- > > > > 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... > > > Indeed, I run my own router based on Fedora Server with PPPoE. > In my case the fiber is terminated in an ONT that has an ethernet port. > > What I did when getting things working was swap between my router and using > the ISP router > until I had it all debugged. > > In your case you could switch the zyxel back into a router to load up the > software you need. > Then put it into bridge/passthru mode once you have everything. > > Barry > -- This Zyxel VMG4005 modem does not have a router mode, only a bridge - so I downloaded the above three packages from the Fedora mirror to the smartphone via mobile data, saved them to a USB flash drive connected to the smartphone via USB-C -> USB-A hub, installed them from there and then configured the VDSL connection. A little rough and it was my first time doing it, but it turned out well ;) But back to the main point - it seems absurd to me that Fedora Server does not contain these three packages (460 kB in size together) - that's why I wanted to report it in Bugzilla - but against which component? -- 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
