[CLUE-Tech] NAT'ing DSL recommendations?

[Dave Hahn]

Depending on the Internal DSL modem they have, Linux drivers may not be
available.  IIRC, Qwest used an Intel model and now a MSN model; both
only had windows drivers available.

So, you may find it better to get an external router (Cisco 675 ot
678).  The connect the ethernet connection to a router machine, much
like your @Home connection.  Otherwise, you may be stuck in the windows
world.  Unless, anyone has heard of drivers for these buggers?

-D

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 22:16, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

    I have a non-techie friend who has DSL - they are buying a second computer,
    and may want to have both networked. They have Qwest DSL, and so I don't
    really know much about DSL, although I installed the PCI card for them and
    set up networking on that (On windoze). 
    
    I imagine NAT'ing DSL is similar to the way I NAT cable modem (@Home), but
    instead of two NICs, I have 1 NIC and 1 DSL "modem"? I'm thinking about what
    to buy and/or put together to do this. Something with the least amount of
    (my) intervention and maintenance as possible. Remember, I'm talking about
    VERY non-techie folks.
     
    Are there all-in-one units I could use for this? Or maybe get an older
    Pentium with a Linux or *BSD floppy-only distro and NAT with that? I'm
    thinking longest MTBF while keeping the $$$ relatively low...so I'd like to
    avoid a HD if possible - with a floppy, just have a working backup, and put
    that in, and voila, we're back in biz.
    
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