Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:56:15 +0000 From: Matthew Ryan <matt@overdose.com> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> Cc: taxman <taxman@acd.net>, DJ Boris <dj_boris@mail.ru>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: supported USB ADSL modems Message-ID: <81303AAC-5D69-11D7-BC47-0030654886A6@overdose.com> In-Reply-To: <3E7DFDDD.6070106@cream.org>
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Hi there, The speed touch modem is supported and last time I used it the pppoA port was good for the job. I seem to remember having some useful stuff kicking around, how to's etc. I'll have a look when I get home later. The Modem it's self however is petty unreliable over time and I found that I needed a cron job to disconnect and reconnect every night. Although Kernel PPP (user PPP does not do pppoA to my knowledge) does allow for a persistant connection, it seems that the modem just crashes sometimes and the only solution is to power down the USB port or restart the host machine. Hope this helps. On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 06:33 pm, Andrew Boothman wrote: > taxman wrote: > >> On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:00 am, DJ Boris wrote: >> >>> hi there, >>> >>> where can I find out what USB ADSL modems are supported by freeBSD. >>> I am using 5.0-release and thinking of getting ADSL. >>> Can anyone help? >>> >> >> Well if they were supported, they would most likely be listed in the >> hardware page for your release listed on the FreeBSD homepage. >> >> I don't think any USB ADSL modems are supported but I could be wrong. >> Try to get them to give you an ethernet version. Most anything that >> connects by ethernet would be supported. They may tell you they >> can't, but if you press them, they almost always have some ethernet >> hardware available. >> > > I believe there is support for Alcatel SpeedTouch modems using > net/pppoa from ports. > > I've no experience with it however. If you ask me an ethernet > interface is always better for networking tasks. > > You may also be interested to know that Bruce Simpson <bms@spc.org> is > working on a driver for the Efficent Networks SpeedStream 3060 line of > xDSL PCI Cards. The driver isn't working yet but you can contact him > for details about helping him test it. > > Cheers. > > Andrew. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Matthew Ryan Matt@overdose.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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