[TriLUG] westell usb modem drivers for linux

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Ralph Blach wrote:

> Well I finally got it to work.  Here what I did on the westell router.
> 1) in the vc configuration, i set it up for bridging
> 2) I turned off the dhcp support
> 3) I turned off the dns server.
>
> The box is now just a passthrough box, with one hitch, I have no way 
> of managing it or moniting it  because all management is by tcpip and 
> now it is a bridge.
>
> Hence, my question about usb ethenet driver for the westell
>
> If I could plug this in, it would be a brige on the ethenet,  but I 
> could could be directly connected on the usb and that would be nice.
>
It's often the case that even in bridge mode, it maintains an IP address 
on the "internal" Ethernet interface.  Unfortunately, because of the 
less-than-configurable router between your actual internal subnet and 
it's internal interface, you probably won't be able to configure the IP 
addressing in such a fashion that you can talk to it directly.  On the 
other hand, if you have an old box lying around to put linux on, and 
replace that router (or if you're using a router along the lines of the 
WRT54G, which runs Linux under the hood), you can use an additional IP 
subnet on the external interface of the router (the "internal" interface 
of the bridge) and be able to address the bridge when the network is 
properly cabled up for normal operation.

Aaron S. Joyner