[wellylug] adsl--DSL-504T

[dugan]

David, Cliff and Jeffro

Thanks for the advice.

Maybe I should just get an ADSL modem and substitute it for the present 
dial-up modem. 

At present, the dial-up modem runs into one of the suse machines.  That 
machine is configured as a gateway with masquerading.  It runs into an 
ehernet hub.  I connect the other machines into the hub.  There is another 
suse machine on the hub.  When my daughter visits, she plugs her windowsXP 
laptop into the hub.  It works.

Would that be a more reliable approach?

Thanks
Bob



On Sunday 23 July 2006 17:50, David Antliff wrote:
> Jethro Carr wrote:
> > there are problems with the DNS relay server, the filter rules do not
> > get added/deleted correctly. And it sometimes just disconnects for no
> > reason.
>
> All of that sounds familiar when I was setting mine up. I would
> certainly never recommend one of these or buy one again. In fact, I
> already knew they had problems but I got one anyway with my IHUG
> connection because it was significantly discounted. In hindsight I
> probably should have passed it up.
>
> However now I have it configured (and the config exported) and I'm also
> using a secondary firewall host (because I had all sorts of trouble with
> the firewall on the device), and my 'kick it when its down' script is
> going, it all seems to be working.
>
> BTW does anyone want to use my script? I can release it under the GPL if
> anyone is interested. It asks for a password at startup, then
> periodically pings a remote site (you can change it, but I use a
> www.google.com IP address) and auto-reboots the modem/router if no reply
> is received for 5 minutes. Nothing complicated, but I'm happy to share...
>
> --
> David.