pppoa connection

[Barney Wolff]

If you can configure the modem as a bridge, assign your address
to your interface and add a default route via the ISP router's address
(presumably .1).

If that doesn't work, man ssh_config and set ServerAliveInterval,
which might keep the NAT alive.

When I had DSL, I rigged an X10 power controller and a little daemon
so it would power-cycle the modem when it locked up.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:06:30AM -0600, Kim Shrier wrote:
> I do have a fixed IP address.  I have tried using their modem
> as a router and assigned my IP address to the modem.  This forces
> me to use the NAT facility in the modem and it keeps dropping
> my ssh sessions.  I have also seen the modem drop the pppoa
> connection and not be able to reestablish it until I reboot the
> modem.
> 
> The only thing this fine piece of equipment has been able to do
> reliably is maintain the virtual circuit to the ISP.  Anything
> at a higher level in the protocol stack is too flakey.  Hence,
> I just want it to act as the most stupid of pipes between me
> and the ISP.
> 
> Other people successfully use this modem to connect to their ISP
> when the ISP accepts pppoe connections and the modem is configured
> as a bridge.  Unfortunately, my ISP doesn't support pppoe, only
> pppoa.
> 
> So, can I pull this off?

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Barney Wolff         I never met a computer I didn't like.