Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:40:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> To: "Mike G." <mike_garcia_m3@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010710202912.K22560-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <20010711002133.50573.qmail@web14504.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Mike G. wrote: > Thanks Francisco. I have ADSL with an internal modem (Intel > Pro/DSL 2100). I'll look into that router you suggested too. > I'm also considering the Cisco 675, which I hear is pretty good. The one proble with the 675 is that it only has one ethernet connection. You then have to use a hub or a switch to connect the router and the computer(s). I prefer something like a Netopia which has some additional ports. Most ISPs don't give you much of a choice so you may not be able to pick what you want. > Is the only reason I cannot use my internal modem due to lack > of driver support in FreeBSD? Yes. > I was looking through the FreeBSD FAQ today and it seems like > I'll have to configure my connection using PPP. Is that > correct? I don't believe so. If you have a router then all you do is point your router as the gateway in your rc.conf. Like this: defaultrouter="router.ip.address" > Also is this an accurate statement; my phone line will go into > the external router which will then run into my network card > that will have to be configured when setting up FreeBSD. Then > the ethernet card will connect to my hub for my local network. You lost me there. :-) Once you have a router you will have: DSL Jack | | DSL line | | Router (throug the "wall" port) | | Hub (From the router ethernet port) | | Machine (from network card to Hub/switch) If you only have 1 machine in your network, you could then go directly from your router to the machine, but you will need a special type of cable called a "cross over cable". I believe that the cable that comes with the router is a cross over cable. If you plan to have several machines in your network then you need a hub or two network cards on the machine connected to the router. This machine will "route" packets between your router (external world) and your internal network (preferable using non routable IPs such as 192.168.10.XXX). When TCP/IP was designed they left a range of IPs as "non routable" IPs. Basically IPs for people to use in their internal networks and that are not supposed to ever go through the internet. Many system admins block those non routable IPs both going out to the internet and coming from the internet (all admins should do, but some for some reason decide not to). We are here if you have more questions... Take care. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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