From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 18:17:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from karon.dynas.se (karon.dynas.se [192.71.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5774337B403 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:17:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikko@dynas.se) Received: (qmail 59322 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2001 01:17:39 -0000 Received: from spirit.sto.dynas.se (HELO spirit.dynas.se) (172.16.1.10) by 172.16.1.1 with SMTP; 11 Jul 2001 01:17:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 19315 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2001 01:17:38 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (10.81.217.59) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 11 Jul 2001 01:17:38 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by explorer.rsa.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f6B1HaM03771; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:17:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:17:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200107110117.f6B1HaM03771@explorer.rsa.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD Newsgroups: local.freebsd.questions References: <20010710193632.E22560-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20010711002133.50573.qmail@web14504.mail.yahoo.com> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.6 (NOV) 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 In local.freebsd.questions you write: >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. > Is the only reason I cannot use my internal modem due to lack >of driver support in FreeBSD? I guess that would make sense >since I had to install software on windows to get it running. >I was looking through the FreeBSD FAQ today and it seems like >I'll have to configure my connection using PPP. Is that >correct? If your provider is using PPPoE (PPP over ethernet), yes. Otherwise you only need to define a default router. Hint: if you've specified a username and password somewhere in your windoze DSL setup, you are probably running PPPoE. $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message