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> I was wondering if anyone has had any success setting up Linux as a router
> for ADSL. I have a network of 3 computers at home which I want to be able to
> access my ADSL line from any computer. Seems straight forward right? All I
> have to do is setup my LInux box as a router? Will this work?
I haven't done Linux with ADSL, so I can't help you there. It should be pretty
straightforward. You might want to check the masquerade howto's. There's also
some ADSL/Cable howto's linked from the VanLUG site, if I remember correctly.
Now that aside, he's the relevant bit for all us high-speed freaks.
(ADSL)
I haven't tested this myself yet, but apparently both the ADSL boxes from BCTel
and the Cable boxes from Rogers are configured to route more than one IP. A
friend of mine borrowed my hub and invited some friends over for a LAN party
thingie. They were all running 95 boxes, and I told him that I was pretty
skeptical about them being able to get it to work the way he wanted it to.
Anyway, he says they plugged the machines in, they were all assigned an address
on boot, and away they went. No hassle.
(Cable/Wave/Home)
I've also heard that if you locate an ip on your local loop that isn't being
used, and you assign that ip to another box, you're off to the races. I haven't
tested this myself either, and I don't know whether you can pull these ips with
DHCP, or if you have to find them manually.
Might be worth playing with, anyway.
Rick