Well I managed to get the ADSL setup working with my LAN. Previously I'd been unable to make the Cayman router supplied by Eircom work with my SMC Barricade. Turns out there were two problems. First I was telling the SMC to dial into the Cayman using PPOE instead of just taking an IP address from it. Second I wasn't using a crossover cable between the two. That last one was a bit embarrassing. Rule no 1 of networking: always check your cable (thanks Hugh!). A few folks have asked me how my home network is laid out. Here's the diagram as of yesterday: The WiFi doesn't use WEP encryption, but does use MAC filtering. Maybe that's not too clever, but WEP is insecure as well as being slow, plus the link seems to be flaky when it's on. The SMC acts as a print server out of the box, which saves me having to set things up via SMB or whatnot (both servers are linux). The DMZ in gray isn't done yet, but I'd like to be able to log back in while not exposing the entire LAN (The Eircom plan I'm on is for dynamic IP, but there are ways around that). First tho' I need to perform a hardening exercise. This would so cool: a Squeezebox running on the LAN. We needs it, precious....
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