Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:22:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905182317480.2994-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990518231312.04207490@granite.sentex.ca>
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On Tue, 18 May 1999, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 10:58 PM 5/18/99 , Jonathan Frazier wrote: > >I am getting an ADSL connection set up this next week and need some > >help/opinions. I have never done it on a FBSD system before. I am > >running 3.2-stable as of last night. My options are the Cisco 675 > >external ADSL modem or the 605 Internal ADSL modem. I'm not sure what's > >out there for FBSD and ADSL and if my system can use the internal NIC. > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > External for sure. That way, your FreeBSD box just uses the router as a > router and you dont have to worry about device drivers etc. Just get > yourself an ethernet card, cross over cable and you are ready to go. > Be careful here. Some ADSL connections don't use routers at all; they use "modems" (really, xlational bridges). These devices don't do any sort of layer-3 function. Why does this matter? It matters because 1) your ISP may require you to use DHCP to get your workstation's address, and 2) you may not be able to attach >1 device w/o NAT. That said, definitely go for the external device. If you can get your NIC working, you're golden. I've got my box working fine (using static IPs for now); it's just a matter of configuring the Ethernet card and plugging it in (via crossover) to my (Alcatel) ADSL "modem". SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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