[rescue] DSL - Yay! ....off topic q's

[Steve Pacenka]

> What is the best external solution?  I think I want:
> 
> Internet -> DSL -> my home DSL jack -> DSL modem+NAT box -> plugged into
> ethernet hub
> 
> Does this sound about right?

Could work depending on your DSL provider.

My provider (Telergy in NY US) would not support a DSL modem plugged into a 
hub.  There had to be a fixed ethernet hardware address on the ethernet device 
connected to the DSL modem.  My topology is:

  internet -> DSL -> home DSL jack -> DSL modem -> Netgear 314 box including 
hub/NAT/firewall/DHCP/DNS proxy/PPPOE -> various hosts.

The Netgear box has a fixed ethernet hardware address on its input jack, so it 
satisfies the DSL provider's constraints.

-- SP