Will billion modem/switch to windows and linux pc work?

[spence]

G'day all,
there seems to be quite a knowledge base here, so here goes.
I have got my adsl modem (billion 5100 modem/4port switch) working fine talking with windows, connected as a router so the modem provides the username/password etc for the isp.
I now want to get the switch part to work with the linux and windows pc's.

I have adsl to modem with NAT. The modems ip is 192.168.1.254 and the windows pc is 192.168.1.1 and the linuxbox is 192.168.1.11

All the reading I have seen refers to setting up linux to do the connection to the isp and not the way mine currently is.
I can ping the linuxbox from the windowsbox and vice versa. I would have thought I would just tell linux to use the routers address a gateway but it aint work so easily.

Can someone point me in the right direction or to some relevant information?
Then I want to try and get file sharing working between linux and windows.
Thanx in anticipation,
spence

[fugitive]

I have the kind of set up you are talking about - I have the same type of modem and I have the following connected to it:

1st server is my apache and email server running linux
2 pc is my WinXP
3rd connect is a wireless hub

there is no set up really for adsl on your linux machine. You have an address and if you have your modem set up for NAT then you should be able to connect direct to the internet. That is the way mine is set up - modem does the ADSL connection and it acts as a hub. Simple. Your addressing is a bit unusual but not unworkable (normally your modem is the 192.168.1.1 and the addresses are assigned to the PCs unless you have static addressing on your LAN (i.e. you have assigned addresses to the PC instead of letting the modem/router assign the addresses).

Are you able to ping swift from the linux box? What are your experiencing on your linux box? If you are able to ping swift using the address (www.swiftdsl.com.au) then your web browser on your linux box will be able to access web pages unless you have it set up for a proxy which you shouldn't do. Let me know what you are able to do on your linux box.

[spence]

Thanx for the reply. I now have the linux box accessing the adsl ok. My next issue is to get the file sharing working and understanding Samba.

spence

[fugitive]

Sounds good, I'm glad I could help. If you have any samba questions let me know - I've gone through your pain before so I know what it is like.