[clue-tech] Qwest DSL download speed reduced

[black at clapthreetimes.com]

> I assume that I can do something like this:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps295/products_configuration_example09186a0080093e3b.shtml
>
> to get the C675 to just pass whatever frames/packets/cells it gets on the
> DSL side through to the ethernet side, but after that, what do I make
> the Linux box ethernet interface do?  PPPoE and PPPoA seem like the
> obvious
> candidates, but does anybody know for sure?  I'd rather not incur a
> spanking
> from Qwest on this, and as I see it, they really don't need to know what
> happens in my basement - that's my side of the demarc box.

If it was me, I'd just have the DSL router route as it does today. Put 2
interface cards in your Linux box and have it route between them... one
NIC connected to the 675, the other NIC connected to your internal
network. You can use iptables as your firewall. This doesn't require you
to use any kind of bridging.

If you don't want to set up the Linux box yourself, you can try out
Clarkconnect. I know it has this type of functionality built in and is a
piece of cake to set up. If you don't keep it, it will at least give you
an idea of what you can do without having to spend hours and hours
researching.