How can I turn my server box into an internet modem?

Posted by Robbie Mckennie on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Robbie Mckennie
Published on 2012-11-01T09:40:48Z Indexed on 2012/11/01 11:04 UTC
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I've been trying to learn about networking, network maintenance, network administration, stuff of that nature (I want to be a network engineer when I get out of university after I get out of high school) and I want to set up my older PC (running Slackware) as a modem, as a project to help me learn. I want to know what kind of hardware I'll need. Pretty much all I know is that my current modem uses ADSL2+ and PPPoA, which I think is a software thing anyway.

How can I accomplish this?

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