From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 11:46:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C1816A4DB for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:46:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk (smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk [130.159.196.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC9E43D55 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:46:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk) Received: from [130.159.193.83] (wireless-083.cis.strath.ac.uk [130.159.193.83])j1NBkEsr012977; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:46:15 GMT Message-ID: <421C6E3A.1010402@cis.strath.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:51:22 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CIS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@cis.strath.ac.uk for more information X-CIS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CIS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 6) X-CIS-MailScanner-From: chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: markzero Subject: Re: DSL modem recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:46:32 -0000 [snip] > > STAY AWAY from ANY dsl modem that does NOT have an ethernet > jack on it!!! Such as the USB speedtouches that Pipex > was handing out for free!! There's a reason they are free!! > You can't pay people (who know anything) to take them!!! > > Ted What is so wrong with USB DSL modems? I have an Alcatel Speedtouch modem that has been absolutely rock solid since I bought it on ebay for £8.50. It was very easy to setup. I just installed the pppoa port and set up the ppp.conf file and plugged it in. Takes about 30secs to 1minute to start-up on a boot but once it is running I have no problems at all. Using it for my home server and I route all of my home network traffic out through it. No problems at all. Chris > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of markzero >>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:56 AM >>To: Ted Mittelstaedt >>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>Subject: Re: DSL modem recommendation >> >> >> >>>What is your DSL provider, what telephone company are they using? >>>Are you running bridged or ppp mode DSL? >>> >>>DSL modems all use proprietary implementations of the DMT protocol, >>>while many will interoperate with different DSL providers and >>>DSLAMS, not all will. >>> >>>Ted >> >>Hi Ted, the relevant info: >> >>ISP: Pipex UK - www.pipex.net >>TelCo: British Telecom >> >>I am currently connecting to them via PPPoA (I assume this is what >>you're referring to, I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be about >>DSL). >> >>Cheers, >>Mark >> >>-- >>PGP: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt >>B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9DD1 >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >