[Gllug] [slightly ot] ADSL config fun

[Mark Lowes]

On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 11:21, Stephen Harker wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 September 2002 9:04 am, Mark Lowes wrote:
> > If the connection is routed (ie a netblock on the ethernet) then the CPE
> > IP is still required, but can be from rfc1918 space, and the routed
> > block is included in the radius authentication so a route can be setup
> > on the HGR to the netblock via the CPE IP address.
> > </freckinghorriblesystem>
> Hooray. I have had the same thing and just used NAT and left it at that :-/ 
> It's a DLINK DSL-500 router but I gather it's the same internally as the 
> DSL-504 mentioned earlier. I spoke to PlusNet support and they didn't have a 
> clue. I have an IP block with them so I should be able to get no-NAT working. 
> Does this mean it is a limitation of the router or do I need to call 
> BT/PlusNet and get things done to the line?

If plusnet are doing things right _and_ BT haven't f*cked up then the
routing side of things should all be fine.  I've got no experience with
the d-link DSL kit, but I would have thought it should handle a routed
ADSL connection without a problem.

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