Multiple IP's over ADSL with PPPoE

I need to setup Windows 2k3 as an edge device between the internet and a
private network using an ADSL BRIDGE as opposed to a router. The Windows
box is to be the router.

Until now I have been able to avoid PPPoE, which I find to be an annoying
technology. When setting up routers with more than one IP I have been able
to just overload the outside NIC/interface with all the public IP's and NAT
them in whatever way is necessary. This configuration, mind you, is how it
has been done when assigned a bunch of IP's vs. a routable block.

With PPPoE, however, I can only assign one IP address to the configuration.
What's worse is that Windows apparently supports only one active PPPoE
connection at a time. So my question is, how do I get this Win 2k3 machine
to be the network edge device and route/NAT all my public IP's to the
internal network?



- Patrick

1. Get rid of PPPoE (even if it means getting rid of the ISP)
2. Get rid of the DSL Bridge
3. Replace the DSL Bridge with a standard DSL modem (has no IP# at all, does
not "route", does not NAT, does not "bridge)
4. Assign all the ISP granted IP#s to the external NIC of the Windows NAT
box. Do whatever NAT functions you need to do from that point.

This is the only recommendation I will make for this situation. You can try
other methods if you wish, but I will firmly stand by this method
only,....unless you ditch Cable/DSL and go with a T1 or similar technology.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"Patrick Fogarty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I need to setup Windows 2k3 as an edge device between the internet and a
> private network using an ADSL BRIDGE as opposed to a router. The Windows
> box is to be the router.
>
> Until now I have been able to avoid PPPoE, which I find to be an annoying
> technology. When setting up routers with more than one IP I have been
able
> to just overload the outside NIC/interface with all the public IP's and
NAT
> them in whatever way is necessary. This configuration, mind you, is how
it
> has been done when assigned a bunch of IP's vs. a routable block.
>
> With PPPoE, however, I can only assign one IP address to the
configuration.
> What's worse is that Windows apparently supports only one active PPPoE
> connection at a time. So my question is, how do I get this Win 2k3
machine
> to be the network edge device and route/NAT all my public IP's to the
> internal network?
>
>
>
> - Patrick
>
>