PPPOE connections and Linux ....

I have a seeming "newbie" question. I'm new to this aspect of thing,
mostly because I usually have static IPs when doing this sort of thing.


We have a client who wants to use their PPOE connection, but wants to
have a firewall "appliance" (just a barebones minicase running RH 8.0)
and as a part of that, expects it to be a "router" of sorts. They
currently have a Linksys "router" that has the ability to "log on" to the
provider (SBC, sadly). This means that the client machines behind the
"router" do not have to "log on" every time they want to use the
connection. SBC provide a mechanism to do the "log on", but I think only
for Windoze.

My question is: is there a Linux solution that does the function that the
LinkSys "router" does to maintain a constant "log on" for the PPPOE
connection?

As I said, I/We usually use the Linksys solution where we have PPPOE
clients, and regular routing when the client has a static IP. But this
client (and with luck more ... ) want a Firewall solution, and IPTABLES
seems the best solution for the job. Hence a Linux box.

Any and all help will be greatly apprciated.

Mairhtin O'Feannag

Mairhtin O'Feannag <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> We have a client who wants to use their PPOE connection, but wants to
> have a firewall "appliance" (just a barebones minicase running RH 8.0)
> and as a part of that, expects it to be a "router" of sorts. They
> currently have a Linksys "router" that has the ability to "log on" to the
> provider (SBC, sadly). This means that the client machines behind the
> "router" do not have to "log on" every time they want to use the
> connection. SBC provide a mechanism to do the "log on", but I think only
> for Windoze.
>
> My question is: is there a Linux solution that does the function that the
> LinkSys "router" does to maintain a constant "log on" for the PPPOE
> connection?

Hm, I guess you are looking for a SW like
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/produc...ppoe/index.php
Note that it should be already included in your RH8.0 distro.

With this SW you should be able to "log on" from the Linux
box via PPPoE to your provider. With the help of Linux'
masquerading feature you can also bring a bunch of clients
behind the router into the Internet also.

HTH

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"Mairhtin O'Feannag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns9412E641B9805mairhtinofeannag@64.164.98.49 ...
> I have a seeming "newbie" question. I'm new to this aspect of thing,
> mostly because I usually have static IPs when doing this sort of thing.
>
>
> We have a client who wants to use their PPOE connection, but wants to
> have a firewall "appliance" (just a barebones minicase running RH 8.0)
> and as a part of that, expects it to be a "router" of sorts. They
> currently have a Linksys "router" that has the ability to "log on" to the
> provider (SBC, sadly). This means that the client machines behind the
> "router" do not have to "log on" every time they want to use the
> connection. SBC provide a mechanism to do the "log on", but I think only
> for Windoze.

Actually the linksys device is a router , not a modem.

with a modem, the client has to log in
With a router, the client doesnt have to log in.,

windows +adsl modem = nothing
Linux + adsl modem = adsl router.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Mairhtin O'Feannag <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have a seeming "newbie" question. I'm new to this aspect of thing,
> mostly because I usually have static IPs when doing this sort of thing.
>
>
> We have a client who wants to use their PPOE connection, but wants to
> have a firewall "appliance" (just a barebones minicase running RH 8.0)
> and as a part of that, expects it to be a "router" of sorts. They
> currently have a Linksys "router" that has the ability to "log on" to the
> provider (SBC, sadly). This means that the client machines behind the
> "router" do not have to "log on" every time they want to use the
> connection. SBC provide a mechanism to do the "log on", but I think only
> for Windoze.

SBC uses standard PPPoE, so just like PPPoE on any broadband router works,
so does kernel pppoe or rp-pppoe in Linux. SuSE had both, and another
post mentioned that rp-pppoe should be on your RH CD.

It uses ppp0 interface, so setting up firewall/masquerade is just like for
dialup ppp (ie, firewall/masq can be started or refreshed from
/etc/ppp/ip-up or ip-up.local which runs when IP address is assigned).

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