From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 22 12:28:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BC416A41F for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:28:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from regnans@gmail.com) Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F243143D46 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:28:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from regnans@gmail.com) Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o2so97953uge for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:28:12 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:x-enigmail-supports:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tpQ63e14Jr1xlH+hObVTTiiq2h8ytB/oSrFv99+rKV6NIrLac9hsojMx1cZilLLV4OOQ1NJdXtsIWsZ1fY9sD/ZCckr9IqazMK6KsMLQ4492i/TrAlbdQxDj0CYa+U9xydGernCHAGnHnK8LaKZLI76cXgGElPwSJPWVGkDL26Y= Received: by 10.67.22.3 with SMTP id z3mr434968ugi; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:28:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.193? ( [83.169.148.153]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id w40sm608982ugc.2005.12.22.04.28.10; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:28:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43AA9BD8.80704@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:28:08 +0100 From: h p User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Hill References: <001701c606b2$0a8b8960$5456d518@homeaqk797bphw> <20051221235148.M48710@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20051221235148.M48710@tripel.monochrome.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Chris Saunders , ruben@bloemgarten.demon.nl, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to internet. 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: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:28:17 -0000 >> Thanks for the reply Ruben (and others). I did see these sections >> when having a cursory look at the docs but was hoping for something >> simpler. On some older versions of Linux that I have installed there >> was a program called adsl-setup that I used to get connected. > > > Sounds like you're on a DSL line. The proper way to connect depends on > what what your ISP is set up for. Mine uses a straight ethernet-to-ATM > bridge, so I just ifconfig and I'm off. I hear a lot of ISPs use PPP > over ethernet, and other stuff as well. Best would be to find out what > your ISP uses. If it's PPP over ethernet, search the web site (and/or > archives) for that phrase, or for PPPoE. > >> I thought FreeBSD would have something similar and I was just not >> finding it. > > > Not quite so automated here. There is dhclient, the DHCP client, which > allows your machine to get a dynamic IP from your ISP. I've never used > it but I know it exists. Works very simple: In sysinstall, when you configure your network card, you simply answer 'yes' to the question whether you want to use DHCP. In my case, that sets the gateway to the internet correctly, and everything works out of the box, at home and in my office. I don't know about something such as adsl-setup though. Best bet is to choose a provider whose ADSL-modem functions as a DHCP server, i think. Helge