Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:11:18 -0400 From: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL for use on server Message-ID: <20050608191118.GB76167@neptune.atopia.net> In-Reply-To: <004a01c56c4e$b8dfa2c0$0200a8c0@bennypc> References: <004a01c56c4e$b8dfa2c0$0200a8c0@bennypc>
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--JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 07:23:01PM +0200, Benny Goemans <benny.goemans@tele= net.be> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > Hi, >=20 > I'm switching from cable to ADSL in a month and I was wondering what (kin= d of) modem I should best go for. Would it best be one that connects to a N= IC or to USB. I'm now using a (console) NAT & proxy server, with which I sh= ould be certain it works. For this, I would like to have some possibility t= o automatically dial at boot time (or if the modem takes care of that, even= better).=20 >=20 > Should someone be using an ADSL modem on this kind of connection, would i= t be possible to tell some more about it? >=20 > Thx in advance, >=20 > Benny Goemans I don't use ADSL (I use cable, a modem which uses Ethernet for connectivity), but your best bet, barring a similar Ethernet modem, is to look around in HARDWARE.txt to see if it is compatible. Check the manpage for the driver; see if there are any caveats to worry about. -Dan --=20 Dan Ponte http://www.theamigan.net/ Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCp0LW8dUD8SpKFR8RAvGwAJ41tOjFLsIOKqxsH1k7UeEgDG5pbQCg7Aye kbSjZKyAwAEZShWTqIJKEAw= =DZgq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8--
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