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On 30/05/07, Oliver Humpage <oliver at watershed.co.uk> wrote:
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> However, although this is possible with most ADSL modems for a *single* IP
> (i.e. just switch off the NAT), it seems that multiple IP addresses present
> a problem - the modem only thinks it's getting one WAN address, and that's
> all it's prepared to handle. I could just put the modem into "bridge" mode,
> but then any connected device has to use PPPoE to authenticate, which isn't
> fun. Is my understanding of that correct?
>

I have a relatively ancient SMC Barricade ADSL Modem Router from circa
2002, and it works fine in bridging mode, doing the whole PPPoE itself
and just routing the IP block behind it fine.

Im on Eclipse with an 8 IP range, 5 computers connected directly to
the internet, not NAT, and not one of those has to do the PPPoE
itself.

Richard