Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:06:01 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, fbsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MORE->how to ppp with a TA with an rj45 not a serial connection to my machine??? Message-ID: <20010912050601.48445.qmail@web12007.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010911223323.E40372-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Hi Joe, So what does that mean I do? Does that mean pppoe? or does it mean I configure the ISDN router to be the gateway?? and it does the rest magically! But hw can it since the host has to have the dial configs? Any ideas? Thanks --- Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > Generally, a TA has a serial port that plugs into a > host computer. The > only ISDN equipment that I've seen that use ethernet > are actual ISDN > routers. In the case of a router, the host simply > talks ethernet to the > router which in turn handles terminating the ISDN > line and doing PPP. > > Was there any documentation that came with this TA > that explained what > host protocol was required? > > Joe > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, [iso-8859-1] Keith Spencer > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am ok with terminal adapters with serial > > connections, but this school has got itself a TA > that > > connects via cat 5 to a network card in the > computer. > > Hmmmm. so is that pppoe??? or what? > > do I simply do in the ppp.conf > > default: > > set device fxp0 or something?? > > > > or do I have to do deeper spookier stuff. > > At the moment an NT machine handles the dialing > and it > > uses something called DIVA miniwan > > The Freebsd machine will now do the dialing but it > has > > to be easier than the dopey set up in NT... > > Help pleez guys. I'd reaaly appreciate it > > Keith spencer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel > > - Got Itchy feet? Get inspired! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel - Got Itchy feet? Get inspired! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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