LRP 3.1.0. You need to browse the various kernel images at www.linuxrouter.org to find the one that most closely matches your environment. You'll probably want an image that has a pppoe (if you're using Verizon DSL), ipchains, DHCP, caching DNS, etc. You can download it along with the modules for your ethernet cards. Since this is a router, you'll need at least 2 ethernet cards; one for the "WAN" side (DSL connection) and one for your local (LAN) network. I use my LRP box as a gateway/router and a firewall (running ipchains). My Verizon DSL "modem" is connected to the LRP box via one of the ethernet cards and the other ethernet card in the LRP box is connected to a hub in my house. All of the PCs in the house are also connected to the hub. I configured a private class C ethernet network in my house and all the PC's have a 192.168.x.y address, including the LAN interface of the LRP box. The WAN side gets it IP address from Verizon via DHCP. These addresses get "spoofed" via IPMASQ to the outside world. The whole set-up works great. You can get other modules to load from the floppy, but remember everything has to fit on a floppy. One neat trick is the ability to format a floppy to hold more than 1.4 MB. I don't recall if it's the fdformat command or something else (I'm sure someone on this list can supply the details.....it's been a while, and I don't remember), but you can format a floppy so it will hold 1.6 MB (maybe more) and Linux has no trouble booting from it. The neat thing is that you can use an old "clunker" PC that you may have lying around for the LRP box. You don't even need a hard drive, and it's recommended that you DON'T use a hard drive (secruity reasons...remember this box is exposed to the outside world). I don't even have a monitor or keyboard connected to the LRP box. It just runs and runs and runs.... Step through the LRP configuration, write-protect the floppy, and you're in business.... I hope this helps..... -Chuck Randall Hofland wrote:

That was more like a whole nickel. Which version of LRP? Are you running just the router or do you have some of the other goodies like the firewall, etc.? And the big question: is it possible to run multiple floppies to add services?

I've actually been planning on using OpenBSD either on one of my 68K Macs or on a Pentium/K6 box for my front end, but if I can get the LRP to work with a couple of floppies, that would do as well. But I am still waiting for any version of "broadband" so I can hook up my various clusters to the web.

"cc.noyes" wrote:

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I've had Verizon's ADSL service (the "cheapo" $39.95 service) since December and it's been solid. I have no complaints. I use an old PC running LRP (Linux Router Project, see www.linuxrouter.org). The LRP boots from a single floppy (I removed the hard drive). The LRP uses Ragin Penguin's pppoe. It's simple to install and set up.

Verizon has NO clue about anything other than Win98. So they were no help to me. I installed their h/w and my own LRP box, but it was no big deal. I've never had to call fo support, so I don't know how good they are, but...they only want to deal with systems runing Win98.

Just my $.02.....

-Chuck

Mark Caron wrote:

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I'm considering DSL for myself at home. I've already checked out the Verizon site and I am about 6,000 ft or so away from the c.o., so I'm ok on that front. I am wondering if there's anything new regarding Verizon DSL in regards to Linux. How Linux friendly are they these days? I know from reading their website that I'm probably on my own for supporting linux on their DSL, but that's ok I figured that. Any problems or other considerations I should be looking into? Besides buying a DSL/cable modem router, that's already on the 'to buy' list. I know it's about a 3 week wait I believe for the setup date. Also a friend of mine in NYC just got hers 2 weeks ago, and had to go through a setup program on her windows box. Is this just setting up pppoe? Or does it also setup the DSL modem? Am I correct in thinking that it's just the pppoe and I can just setup my linux box with pppoe and setup the DSL router and be done with it. Or should I just plug in my win95 harddrive and let the setup program setup the DSL modem then fire up linux and finish setting up linux and the DSL router?

Thanks for any advice.

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