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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: toni.schlichting@computer.org
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Subject: Re: pppoed
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[BOn Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:35:40PM +0200, Toni Schlichting wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> I am about to install free bsd on my computer to replace linux. I am using
> Greg Leheys distribution whichs CD's are labeled "Free BSD 4.0 A full 4.4
> BSD lite based ..."
>=20
> Will I be able to get DSL running on it? I believe, that at present pppoed
> is the only thing around to achieve this. Is this right?

pppoed is a PPPoE *server*, not a client.  The client is ppp(8).

If your DSL provider uses PPPoE (some do, some use other protocols),
then you can use ppp.  4.0-RELEASE is very old, but I think pppoe
support worked back then.  It certainly does now.

Kris

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