From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 17 12:39:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA5DC106566B for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heiner_ej@yahoo.de) Received: from n10.bullet.re3.yahoo.com (n10.bullet.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.237.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D4EF8FC19 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heiner_ej@yahoo.de) Received: from [68.142.237.88] by n10.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2009 12:26:41 -0000 Received: from [66.196.97.142] by t4.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2009 12:26:41 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp110.mail.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2009 12:26:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 964358.26346.bm@omp110.mail.re3.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 73624 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2009 12:26:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.de; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Subject:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=OI9E/LPX0T9S1HEw1wB8oYSm+gaI4u8IUKOyseq6uP4cL2uwSsIJbE62lsJYV0dlNf85gShisaCmFHW2d+mPY9W7nacBdXARGn4hi0omeON4FoOgrTeDacd+61mPQ/SSHTB1JrOLznqB8xOvJ90e0zajX/pQ5NqsvjGQAiHo1F4= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.104?) (heiner_ej@84.144.68.124 with plain) by smtp115.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2009 12:26:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: 4oilbwSswBDbRLHb6R1gRRq37n8E1w-- X-YMail-OSG: bIEs9hQVM1kc3cUc0OlC_Ytef3x0WJy63wqh1uVFRqsj6zYDTiSoAFIrOTxOmqYgwzT_0.1SskH0ioNQKSR7boctR3foVsZ_W4d2.eVA_CmpnO3Pt6awUtGX0jhE5FqGqxXyYfS0CPKJbjMnvPt57zbe9oBtYy.u6tgIQb9uErtzTwpexYj_1htT6NGusSrKI.o8e.GO3Wqtan4KV7SPT7sDEGZsV2foncAc3xwswDO6XOxgjKAeafWLqcMoXo8- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Heiner =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Strau=DF?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090717100422.EBE3110656A6@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20090717100422.EBE3110656A6@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:26:35 +0200 Message-Id: <1247833595.1115.10.camel@think.ip> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 5000' ethernet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:01 -0000 > > Option 2: Put an ordinary DSL modem at one end and a DSLAM at the > > other end. Again I'm not sure what the range is, but DSL used to > > be referred to as the solution for "the last mile" from the telco > > to the customer so it may be up to the job. > > I could recommend this too, because a "Lucent Stinger IP DSLAM" > with > 24 ports with 8 Mbit Downstream and 1 Mbit upstream cost arround 800 > US$ > and you can use inexpensive 2 wire (or multiple) telephone cable. > > The "Lucent Stinger IP DSLAM" support 8 Mbit in a distance of 6000ft > and > DSL lite with 384 kbit on 15000ft. > > > If T1/E1 speed is enough, there are cards working with FreeBSD. If the CSU/DSU is on the card, I think you don't need extra equip and you have a symmetrical line. Should be OK for some miles with ordinary field telephone cable. You configure these cards almost like normal network cards if you run IP over them. Greetings, Heiner