FiOS/networking question

[Ben Scott]

On 11/19/06, jsf <jfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> so, do i need to do any config on the d-link to get it to start PPPoE
> with Verizon or...

  Possibly.  They may have pre-configured it for you.  Otherwise,
you'll need to plug in your PPPoE username and password into the
D-Link.

> By plugging the FiOS into the WAN side of the d-link and then plugging
> the workstations and the Linksys into the LAN side of the D-Link...
> each machine will basically be 'exposed' to the FiOS and make its own,
> independent PPPoE connection to the FiOS?

  Most likely not.  The D-Link router will make a PPPoE connection and
receive a public IP address from Verizon.  The D-Link router will then
do NAT for anything on the LAN side.  Typically, anything on the LAN
side will get a private IP address in one of the RFC-1918 networks
(such as 192.168.1.0/24).

-- Ben