Thanks for the info. Will lock down the wireless portion

Clay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug@shubes.net
> Sent: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:22:50 -0700
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06.1 problems
> 
> That should function as a DHCP server just fine.
> 
> Simply configure your linux ip interface (eth0 most likely) to use DHCP
> (whatever gui configurator should do just fine), and you should be good
> to
> go. There is nothing 'fancy' here.
> 
> P.S. You'll probably want to go into the Actiontec's configuration
> (http://192.168.1.1 most likely, or some 192.168.n.1 address - check the
> manual) and lock down the wireless portion, unless of course you want to
> share your network and bandwidth with your neighbors. I don't know if
> that
> model defaults to open wireless or not, but many WAPs do.
> 
> Clayton Stapleton wrote:
>> The modem is Qwest supplied Actiontec GT701-WG and it is less than 6
>> months old. I am not using the wireless capabilites so it is a cable
>> connected to etho0.
>> 
>> Thaks
>> Clay
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: plug@shubes.net
>>> Sent: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:10:55 -0700
>>> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06.1 problems
>>> 
>>> You should only need pppo[ae] if you're running your dsl modem in
>>> bridged
>>> mode, which I highly doubt. Your Linux boxen of any flavor should
>>> simply
>>> have a standard nic interface (ifconfig, probably eth0), configured
>>> with
>>> dhcp turned on so it obtains its IP configuration (address, dns,
>>> gateway)
>>> from the dsl modem (which also acts as a DHCP server, unless you have a
>>> very
>>> old dsl modem). Which brings up a (possibly important) question: what
>>> brand/model of dsl modem are you using?
> 
> 
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