From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 14: 6:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h008.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4734537B405 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:06:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: (cpmta 24285 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2001 14:06:45 -0700 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.214) with SMTP; 10 Jul 2001 14:06:45 -0700 X-Sent: 10 Jul 2001 21:06:45 GMT Reply-To: From: "Otter" To: "Christian S ." , "Freebsd Questions" Subject: RE: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:14:55 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20010710114337.O43699@netrail.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Christian S . > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:44 AM > To: Freebsd Questions > Subject: Re: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD > > > I don't know how it is up north, but I know here that they > have to do something to the outside grey box > (UNI/NNI? I can't remember the term), ONI = Outside Network Interface and then, if you get > the 10BaseT here, they split the wiring from > the 4 pair down to 2 - I believe that DSL uses the inside > two wires (Sorry, forgot the colors) http://www.nullmodem.com/RJ-45.htm should answer your question bout 10BaseT requirements. Here, they do the split inside a sealed unit labeled "ADSL splitter" without being able to see what goes where. Original, huh? -Otter I know that > the information wasn't too hard to find - google can be > your friend here.. :) All in all, it doesn't seem > too bad, like I said, I'm just lazy like that.. > > Regards, > Christian > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:09:01PM -0600, Duke Normandin babbled: > > > installation", and won't let you do it yourself. I > recommend that if > > > you're handy with telco wiring inside the house, buy > the Alcatel A1000 > > > external 10BaseT model from Ebay, and wire your home > ports yourself. I, > > > myself, am too lazy, but that seems to be the best bet. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Christian > > > > Do you know what is involved in residential DSL wiring? > I've done *lots* > > of rough-ins, phone jacks etc but never DSL stuff. Can't be too > > mind-boggling ;) Maybe there's a web site out there > outlining the steps. > > Anybody? TIA... > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > Christian Schreiber, Netrail Network Security Engineer > - Ape will not kill Ape > > 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