From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 10:37:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384C916A41F for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:37:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC56943D46 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:37:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A4112.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.65.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j7GAaxxr060534; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:37:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (fire.jhs.private [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7GAavUS001402; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:36:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (localhost.jhs.private [127.0.0.1]) by fire.jhs.private (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7GAbDSC004817; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:37:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200508161037.j7GAbDSC004817@fire.jhs.private> To: Simon Morgan From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com Munich Unix, BSD, Internet Consultancy User-agent: EXMH http://beedub.com/exmh/ on FreeBSD http://freebsd.org X-URL: http://berklix.com/~jhs/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:27:05 BST." Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:37:13 +0200 Sender: jhs@flat.berklix.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD PPPoA Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:37:04 -0000 Simon Morgan wrote: > On 8/16/05, Julian Stacey wrote: > > My Deutsch Telekom provided splitter has an 8 pin output for the > > DT provided ADSL modem, which is what I use. I have a recently > > acquired, never used SpeedTouch 330 with a 2 wire terminating in a > > 6 pin plug. (D'loaded manual last night) I've not had time to > > consider a 6 / 8 converter. > > Which modem is is that Deutsch Telekom provide? Don't know manufacturer & model. Badged with own name. 19 x 16 x 4 cm. White. > Does it support PPPoA Didnt know about PPPoA 'til (see below **) I'm using PPPoE This article has interesting URLs http://www.ruhr.de/home/nathan/FreeBSD/tdsl-freebsd.html (I'm lucky & can read the german text too, if you cant & want to , try http://www.babelfish.org SpeedTouch 330 manual (http://www.speedtouch.com/support.htm) says @ P.9 it supports PPPoE & PPPoA Trying http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html at User & Kernel PPP, I immediately came to ** http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html Using PPPoA with the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB > and work under BSD? Yes, for years, this mail comes through my PPPoE DT combo. (not Alacatel) > > What was the No Fun bit of Linux + SpeedTouch 330 as firewall ? > > Ive heard often enough that Linux is no fun, but if the SpeedTouch > > 330 has problems what were they please ? > > The connection would die on average once a week and would refuse > to come back up unless I killed pppd, unplugged the modem, plugged > it back in again and reconnected. T-DSL service auto disconnects once a day, (to encourage customers to switch from cheap ADSL with Dynamic IP allocation to SDSL with fixed IP). I've never kept a connection up for long, but the daemons have run for weeks, never been killed for hanging. I suppose in the maybe 2/3 years Ive had my DT DSL modem, Ive rest it a few times whil chasing errors, just in case. > AFAIK the BSD version of the driver > is in an even worse state (If it even still works). Seems your need to try is more urgent, so after you try http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html it'd be interested to hear if it goes smoothly. I'm not sure about maping this 2 wire 6 pin SpeedTouch 330 plug to my DT splitter 8 pin socket. Cant see info in Speedtouch manual, & if I wired it straight into wall, It'd cut out the splitter & I'd lose my ISDN telephones, + maybe different voltage expectations ? Don't know ? Does anyone else ? -- Julian Stacey Consultant Systems Engineer, Munich. http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html = Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.