Topic: PPPoe but not as a gateway?

[paulmancan2]

Does anyone know if there is a way to have only one NIC and use it for an internet connection without acting as a gateway? I would like a box to have dedicated internet access but without being a gateway on the LAN side.

I haven't tried buy I imagine if I set the machine as a gatway it will allow me to use the same NIC for both but then it will still masq etc...

Thanks!

[girkers]

I do this "sort of" with my box in server only mode, as SME runs a proxy server all web activity goes through my SME server.

Set your client machines to use the SME box as the gateway and from my experience it should work fine.

[paulmancan2]

Heh I think you are talking about the opposite scenario.

I want this SME box to have it's own dedicated (it will be a webserver) internet connection (using PPPoe) but not act as a gateway for clients as I have a seperate box already doing this...

[CharlieBrady]

Heh I think you are talking about the opposite scenario.

I want this SME box to have it's own dedicated (it will be a webserver) internet connection (using PPPoe) but not act as a gateway for clients as I have a seperate box already doing this...

It won't act as a gateway for clients if none of the clients try to use it as a gateway. They're already using the separate box, right?

[girkers]

Then really aren't you just running it as a server.  When in this mode (like mine is) it still works as a webserver.

If you don't want to use the SME box as a gateway simply point your clients to your router and they will ignore the SME for internet access.  That is what server mode is.

[paulmancan2]

Thanks guys. I just had to make sure to disable DHCPD.