It was a long time ago I set mine up, but I think it was essentially like:

http://www.nzadsl.co.nz/howtos/Alcatel/alcatelhomesetup.html

Then create a VPN connection to it's IP address with the right username
& password.

Jp.

Nathan Legg wrote:

>How is this typically setup? Copy-paste from my routers blurb:
>"Other features include support of VPN passthrough for PPTP and IPSec ESP
>single tunnel mode."
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jp Wise" <jpwise@softhome.net>
>To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:56 PM
>Subject: Re: please suggest working solution
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>>Or a solution like the Alcatel SpeedTouch Home in PPTP mode. You VPN to
>>the modem, which creates the connection to the ISP. You end up with a
>>real world ip, on a ppp connection that you can bring on and offline as
>>needed. Also allowing you to change your username and password (ie:
>>JetStream Games Realm) without having to reconfigure the router itself.
>>
>>Jp.
>>
>>LEE Tet Yoon wrote:
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>>
>>>At 02:07 p.m. 7/06/2004, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Using a usb modem with a linux based router (pc) gives you more
>>>>
>>>>
>options --
>
>
>>>>giving the pc/router a real-world ip. This is possibly what jason is
>>>>wanting to do? If this is the case, would it not be better to use an
>>>>internal adsl modem?
>>>>
>>>>Sure you could use a DMZ from an adsl router to the pc/router but that's
>>>>still not as 'real'.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Or you could use half-bridge mode and the Linux router will end up with
>>>
>>>
>the real world IP...
>
>
>>>
>>>
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