[ale] Internet Routing is Slow on my Linux-box?

[Marc Ferguson]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed June 3 2009, Marc Ferguson wrote:
>> > I quickly looked at my modem this morning before going to work and I saw
>> > that my modem, was in PPPOE mode.  When I changed it to "Bridge", I got
>> > sorely confused.  All the text boxes for username/password was hidden.
>> If
>> > I put my modem in bridge mode, how does it connect to my ISP?  And what
>> > exactly is the difference between the two modes.  Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > Whoops, sorry Brian. I just remembered you said to search the archives
>> for
>> > a detailed discussion of this. :)
>>
>> yup, you do it on the router...
>>
>> --
>> Paul Cartwright
>> Registered Linux user # 367800
>> Registered Ubuntu User #12459
>>
>
> Hi Fellas,
>
> The only thing that has changed when all was well, is the modem. Before I
> had a Comcast cable modem and now I have an AT&T DSL modem. Signal stregthen
> and everything else is the same... except for the LAN ip address. That has
> also changed. The router had the same IP schema as the modem, but this time
> it has a 10.0.0.x schema.  I thought that was weird, but I'll try adding the
> PPPoE information on the router and put the modem in bridge mode and see
> what happens. :)
>
>
> --
> Marc F.
>
> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
>
>
Well, HAPPY DAY! My Linux partition has found new life, once again! I
changed the modes and it's fun surfing the web on my Linux partition.
Thanks again.

-- 
Marc F.

"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
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