04-13-2004
Cable Modem, Unix, XP Computer Primary, need advice setup!
I have a XP computer which is my primary. I recently, well just today installed a old version of Mandrake Linux 6.5 I had laying on a self collecting dust on a old PII 233mhz that had to be vacummed out before I could use it.
I have my XP computer connected by 10/100 NIC to a cable modem. My broadband provider charges more for additional IP addresses. I want to hook the linux machine upto broadband as well. Currently it doesn't have a NIC in it, because I gave it to a friend never expecting to use this computer again. But now that I want to use it. I want to hook it up to broadband so I can really dig into Linux. So I don't constantly have to jump back and forth. I want to be able to access the files on my XP machine from the Linux machine.
What would be the cheapest and easiest way to do this. My conclusion has been I need a router and another NIC for the Linux computer. But I have no clue how to hook it up to the cable modem. Would I hook the router to the cable modem with ethernet cable. Then connect the outports of the router to the XP and linux computers?
Then after that, how do I set up the NIC in the Linux computer. All the experience I've had with Linux has been in free shell accounts with a local ISP and using the shell access I had when I had a website which gave it.
Is there any good books that are very basic. Windows has started to bore me and I want to try something new.
Any help would be appreciated. I've found out, it's not a unix friendly world.
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Another question is....
What would be a secure way to access my computers remotely. Where I could be at any computer anywhere in the world and I'd have total access to all my files?
Last edited by garfunkle; 04-13-2004 at 09:51 PM..
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pppoe-sniff
PPPOE-SNIFF(8) System Manager's Manual PPPOE-SNIFF(8)
NAME
pppoe-sniff - examine network for non-standard PPPoE frames
SYNOPSIS
pppoe-sniff [options]
DESCRIPTION
pppoe-sniff listens for likely-looking PPPoE PADR and session frames and deduces extra options required for pppoe(8) to work.
Some DSL providers seem to use non-standard frame types for PPPoE frames, and/or require a certain value in the Service-Name field. It is
often easier to sniff those values from a machine which can successfully connect rather than try to pry them out of the DSL provider.
To use pppoe-sniff, you need two computers, a DSL modem and an Ethernet hub (not an Ethernet switch.)
If the DSL modem normally connects directly to your computer's Ethernet card, connect it to the "uplink" port on the Ethernet hub. Plug
two computers into normal ports on the hub. On one computer, run whatever software the DSL provider gave you on whatever operating system
the DSL provider supports. On the other computer, run Linux and log in as root.
On the Linux machine, put the Ethernet interface into promiscuous mode and start pppoe-sniff. If the ethernet interface is eth0, for exam-
ple, type these commands:
ifconfig eth0 promisc
pppoe-sniff -I eth0
On the other machine, start your DSL connection as usual. After a short time, pppoe-sniff should print recommendations for the value of
PPPOE_EXTRA. Set this value in /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf. If pppoe-sniff indicates that something special is required in PPPOE_EXTRA, please e-
mail this to pppoe@roaringpenguin.com along with the name of your ISP and the manufacturer and model number of your DSL modem. This infor-
mation will be collated and provided on the PPPoE web page for users who do not have two computers.
After pppoe-sniff finishes (or you stop it if it seems hung), remember to turn off promiscuous mode:
ifconfig eth0 -promisc
OPTIONS
-I interface
The -I option specifies the Ethernet interface to use. Under Linux, it is typically eth0 or eth1. The interface should be "up" and
in promiscuous mode before you start pppoe-sniff.
-V The -V option causes pppoe-sniff to print its version number and exit.
BUGS
pppoe-sniff only works on Linux.
AUTHORS
pppoe-sniff was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.
The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.
SEE ALSO
pppoe-start(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe(8), pppoe-setup(8), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-server(8), pppoe-
relay(8)
4th Berkeley Distribution 3 July 2000 PPPOE-SNIFF(8)