From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 00:39:21 2004 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 707F916A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 00:39:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA7D43D1D for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 00:39:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com (frontend3.internal [10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52CA3C371AE for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 19:39:19 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: Pux2uB1z6Ytx410CYOraPA 1099787959 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (unknown [80.41.80.121]) by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246362553F for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 19:39:19 -0500 (EST) From: "R. W." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 00:39:45 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20041106153429.GA6951@redtick.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20041106153429.GA6951@redtick.homeunix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411070039.45830.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Subject: Re: DSL support 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: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:39:21 -0000 On Saturday 06 November 2004 15:34, Mark wrote: > I am on sbc dsl and found this page covered the setup. > > http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/freebsd/pppoe/ > > On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 09:54:30AM -0800, William Scott wrote: > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > > > Is there any support/documentation for configuring FreeBSD for > > use with a DSL modem (my ISP is SBC)? I recently had some trouble in setting up an ADSL modem (it didn't work with 5.2.1). What I did in the end was buy a 4-port ADSL NAT router, and I think it's actually for the best. They are quite cheap these days, and they have some strong advantages over a basic modem. - they're configured with a web-browser, so they don't care what OS you use, and you just setup your computer as if you're on a lan. -you get spare ethernet ports, for connection sharing and local networking. -they usually have a built-in firewall which is a useful extra level of security, and very desirable if you ever use Windows.