Mixed ENV networing at home

Hi Networking Gurus:


I am planning to setup my home network the following way (picture
below). I believe with the DSL router I dont need to setup my Linux
box to do routing or any other function. I plan assign IP addresses
from the DSL provider to the machine statically. If you have any
comments or suggestions or any resources that help doing networking in
a mixed environment , I would appreciate it if you let me know.

Best Regards,

Rit Faisal



DSL MODEM
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Wireless DSL Router (with 4 direct ports)
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Linux Box Windows98 WindowsXP-laptop
(wired) (wireless) (wireless)

On 18 Jul 2003 09:50:45 -0700, Rit Faisal <rit_faisal@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Networking Gurus:
>
>
> I am planning to setup my home network the following way (picture
> below). I believe with the DSL router I dont need to setup my Linux
> box to do routing or any other function. I plan assign IP addresses
> from the DSL provider to the machine statically. If you have any
> comments or suggestions or any resources that help doing networking in
> a mixed environment , I would appreciate it if you let me know.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rit Faisal

If you do have a block of static IPs from your ISP that you want to use,
you will need a suitable router (or Linux box as router). The inexpensive
broadband routers just NAT 1 public IP to multiple private IPs. However,
without knowing what ISP and type of DSL (adsl/sdsl) it is impossible to
say exactly what you need. SBC Ameritech routes static IPs through a
single PPPoE connection. ATT(Covad) sdsl included a modem/router, so the
connection is transparent, and we can simply assign our public IPs to
ethernet on boxes behind it.

> DSL MODEM
> |
> Wireless DSL Router (with 4 direct ports)
> |
> -----------------------------------------------------
> | | |
> Linux Box Windows98 WindowsXP-laptop
> (wired) (wireless) (wireless)


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