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Hi, I am new here. I tried to follow rules as described, so I read first some of messages, but decided to post few questions here. First - I am not much fluent with linux, bsd or the like, so sorry for eventually asking some stupid questions. Well, what I am loooking for. I have DSL connection here (via Asus ...6310 EV - http://www.joyce.cz/clanek.php?idclanek=128&typclanku=kat). Together with few friends we think of setting-up small wi-fi network, connected to internet via my DSL conntection. But I know I want to use some kind of traffic shaping, or whole thing will get screwed sooner than later. --- shaping --------- 1) Now I was suggested several options - m0n0wall, SmoothWall (I don't eventually hesitate to pay, if the product is much better - http://www.smoothwall.net/products/smoothtraffic/). Could anyone tell me, if m0n0wall traffic shaper is powerfull enough for daily situations? 2) What does "magic shaper" add? (I noticed it in latest betas) 3) Any statistics, ability to set e.g. daily limits etc.? 4) maybe some folks could look into czech Prometheus QoS (http://www.arachne.cz/?page=soft) - Folks overthere state that their solution works nicely for czfree.net - large initiative of multiple wi-fi networks connected -------------------- --- problem with USB keyboard ---- Dunno if doing something wrong, but I burned iso of latest beta and after booting, I can see my usb keyboard of my pc was detected, but it does not work. I cant work in menus, so I turned my old PS/2 keyboard and everything seems to be OK. Is that a bug or USB keyboard is not supposed to work? ---------------------- ---- overall set-up simplification -------- Well, so I have that ASUS DSL router, which blocks itself from time to time. Even Czech Telecom support told me to buy more profi router - they are so much screwing here in CZ that it is unbelievable. Then we will have some AP (eventually with router too). But none of those two provide us with traffic shaping, right? So I will eventually build m0n0wall router. Well - too much router in set-up, isnt it? Now - I am no network guru, so I might ask stupid questions, but is there any possibility of how to anyhow simplify the set-up? I would e.g. like to drop my ADSL router/modem, can m0n0wall router take its place? Well, but my ASUS WAN page contains info like: Encapsulation: PPPoA VC-Mux VPI: 8 VCI: 48 QoS Type: UBR PCR: 2000 The problem is, that from splitter, there leads RJ 9(?) (typical tel. line) into ASUS, where should I connect it into my PC? Should I buy any DSL card, or? (I will use my favourite EPIA mini-itx box for router). Any suggestions here? Maybe I will have to let my ASUS DSL modem in the set-up? Thanks a lot, Chers, -pekr- |