On Wednesday 17 July 2002 15:30, Seg wrote: > > > IIRC, you won't be able to do bridging unless your ISP sets you up > > > > that > > > > > way. Being it's a 675, that may not be possible unless it's a > > > > different > > > > > configuration on the router. Never played with a 675 myself. > > > > The 675 can do bridging mode. The problem is that an ISP usually will do > > > > either bridging or PPP and not both. You can't just change the mode or > > it > > will not work anymore:( You said you don't have the management cable, > > you'd > > need that to change the mode. > > When the ISP is set up for PPP, you can always set your 675 (or whatever) > to bridging. You'll just have to run PPoE on whatever machine is connected > to it since the 675 is just passing on whatever comes down the line, rather > than handling the PPoE itself. > > This actually has the advantage that if you have a netblock to yourself the > 675 is no longer taking an IP, the IP it would be taking can be taken up by > a full blown Linux/BSD firewall rather than bothering with the 675's rather > limited ability. Interesting! I was not aware of that! Thanks! Nick -- Nick Davis Associate Systems Administrator ndavis at iexposure.com Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com (612)676-1946 Web Development-Web Marketing-ISP Services