Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:37:52 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "David Banning" <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl modem suggestions Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20020806203113.03d76b08@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020806183300.M10093@skytrackercanada.com> References: <minqkuoj4uhhbk39gu68uu7hlt0639p2tk@4ax.com> <20020801030135.A54643@skytrackercanada.com> <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net> <mailman.1028223962.54252.fquestions-l@lists.sentex.ca> <minqkuoj4uhhbk39gu68uu7hlt0639p2tk@4ax.com>
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At 06:33 PM 06/08/2002 +0900, David Banning wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:53:34 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions
> > you
> > >In my case, my DSL provider -sold- me the modem, but he also said that
> > >I didn't have to get it from him. He said I could use -any- brand that
> > >I wanted. Given your explanation, that would be "any modem as long as
> > >it falls within such-and-such parameters."
> > >
> >
> > It might just be a bad unit, or you dont have the right amount of phone
> > filters or the filters are in the wrong place. We (an ISP) have used
> > Alcatel, Efficient, Daewoo and g.net, Cisco and by far the lowest return
> > rate we have had are with the GVC/Gnets.
>
>I have talked to GVC tech support about this. I operate in MPoA bridged
>mode and my unix box connects with ppp. They say that PPPoe mode
>is a better mode because the modem stores the logon and password in
>memory and handles it's own ppp connection. If that is the case I don't
>know how to connect to the modem and GVC tech support is lost here because
>they don't know unix.
Put it in regular bridge mode and do the PPPoE on your FreeBSD box. If the
GVC people or your ISP are not sure what you want just tell them that you
want to setup the modem so that the PPPoE is on on a windows box with
Enternet or RASPPPoE. Then on your FreeBSD box, use PPPoE.
in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf add something like
pppoe:
set device PPPoE:xl0
set mru 1492
set mtu 1492
set speed sync
enable lqr
disable vjcomp
set lqrperiod 5
set cd 5
set dial
set login
set timeout 0
set authname youruserid@yourisp.com
set authkey freebsdisgreat!
set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
add default HISADDR
where xl0 is the interface that is connected to your modem.
In /etc/rc.conf
ppp_enable="yes" #This enables PPP on startup (recommended)
ppp_mode="ddial"
ppp_profile="pppoe"
ppp_nat="YES" # Use PPP's internal network address translation or NO.
---Mike
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