1. The howto calls the Linux box that's being installed to the router. I think this will confuse some people, who will have a box in their had that really is a router - this is the device that the Linux box connects to to get a DSL or other line out. You might like to rename the Linux router box a gateway and make it clear you understand they're going to connect it to a router on one side as well as to their LAN on the other. 2. In Section 7 you give a couple of MTU values: one for PPPoE and one for 100MBit Ethernet. A value for PPPoA would also be useful, as this is common in ADSL links outside the USA. 3. You may think this is outside the scope, but how about running the gateway box headless? I've just taken the plunge by disconnecting mouse, keyboard and display and relying on ssh, but it would be good to have some specific guidance on logging remotely - i.e. to a box on the LAN.
1) negative. a gateway means something very specific in the networking dictionary. the designations are fine as-is. 2) while configuration of pppoa is outside the scope of this document, i added the proper MTU value (standard 1500, actually). :) 3) again, outside the scope of this doc. we already discuss how to allow ssh connections to boxes on the network; take another look at the iptables scripts. and starting sshd/configuring ssh is discussed many, many times in other gentoo documents. i suggest you take a look at the Installation Handbook; it's really a simple and straightforward procedure. Fixed in CVS; thanks very much for your suggestions.
i dont see what needs to be done for (3) as i wrote the guide using headless machines ... remote logging is something unrelated to running a headless box and more to how some people simply want to handle log administration ... we do have other guides which cover this i believe ...
