[ILUG] [OT] Smoothwall and Eircom DSL.

[Nick Murtagh]

Dermot McGahon wrote:
> As Glen says, this should be what you need, and can then run
> PPPoE from the Smoothwall box. You will need a static IP as in
> bridging mode the router is no longer a router, and is not
> allocated an IP address from Eircom.

Why do you need a static IP address? Surely you get an IP
address allocated as part of the PPPoE negotiation?