ow do you setup a dial up broadband connection on Debian?

[marklodge]

My current setup is:

Squid Proxy Server--------->
Client PC-----------------------> ADSL Router -------> Internet
Client PC----------------------->
Client PC----------------------->

I want the Client PC to use the Squid Proxy Server for internet.

There are 2 ways i have in mind

1st option: Set the ADSL Router into bridge mode and connect the Squid Proxy Server to the internet via a dial up broadband connection with username and password.

2nd option:Use another server as SUSE router and use that between the client and Squid Proxy Server

I want to go with the 1st option but i don't know how to do it. How do you setup a broadband connection on Debian?

Thanks
Mark

[cariboo907]

If I remember correctly, Debian gives you the choice of setting up either dhcp or a static ip address during setup. You want to setup a static ip address on your server. Your /etc/network/interfaces file should look something like this:

cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.250
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.154
gateway 192.168.1.1

You will have to setup the ip address, broadcast and gateway addresses to reflect your setup. Once the /etc/network/interfaces file is set up, all you should have to do is to restart networking:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

[marklodge]

Sorry, i have not made myself clear.

I need to have a broadband dial up connection that uses a Username and Password.

Thanks

[kustomjs]

do you mean a PPPOE connection?

PPPOE= dial over ethernet connection aka (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet).

You Would Need a other computer doing the radius, authorization.

here is a how to: http://www.freeantennas.com/PPPoE-Server-HOWTO.html
http://www.netup.biz/article-pppoe-server.php
http://docs.huihoo.com/darwin/opendarwin/articles/network_config/ar01s04.html

[marklodge]

do you mean a PPPOE connection?

Yes, a PPPOE connection.

How do you do it?

[kustomjs]

I just posted some links up:

this is how to setup pppoe connection but if you want to know how to setup pppoe server look at my links on the last post.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/