So, I sold my wireless N router, thinking... oh, I'll just make a better "server box" that does that, and stores files, and serves up my printer(s) and all that such.
I made a SmoothWall box, and that was great, but I hated giving up a running machine. I tried ClarkConnect, but I still hated giving up a "big" box for it, and using "slow" hardware.
In the meanwhile, I just hooked up "raw" to my DSL, which uses a PPPoE connection. Fine, I run "pppoe-setup" in a terminal, and everything is gravy... until I reboot, and have to bring up the interface again by running "/sbin/ifup ppp0" as root.
I'm really starting to think that D-Link Wireless N / Gigabit router and the Gigabit storage box aren't such a bad idea.
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