[ale] Setting up LAN with ATT Westel Modem

[James Moore]

Thanks Joshua,
Thought it needed to bridged, because when it's PPPoE as it is now the 
ATT servers seem to be managing rather than my router.

Jim

Joshua Chase wrote:
> Jim, sounds like you will want the Westel to be bridged to the router. 
> Let the router manage your internal DHCP. This will also be easier for 
> setting up any IP forwarding you want from the outside world into your 
> internal network i.e.  ssh connections and so forth.
>
> Josh
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:04 AM, James Moore <d2ove4deb at bellsouth.net 
> <mailto:d2ove4deb at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Am finally trying a different route to get my laptop to print on a
>     Stylus C88+ attached to my Dell 4600 desktop.  Am following the
>     instructions in this how to on the Debian forums:
>     http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=10438&highlight=printing
>     <http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=10438&highlight=printing>
>     Internet access is ATT Westel modem into a Netgear WGT624 router with
>     Desktop on LAN and Laptop on wireless.
>     Westel can be configured to either be PPPoE or Bridge Ethernet.
>      Does it
>     have to one or the other in order for me to successfully change
>     from the
>     router being DHCP to having static addresses for the machines?
>
>     Jim
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