Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 02:13:45 -0500 (CDT) From: lambert@lambertfam.org (Scott Lambert) To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Westell Wirespeed DSL modem. PPPoE needed? Message-ID: <20010627071345.BA15728B37@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <200106230628.CAA24170@arutam.inch.com> References: <200106230628.CAA24170@arutam.inch.com>
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In muc.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: > Just got a DSL modem. > Tried with windows and worked fine. There was no program to > "dial/connect" as I have seen at a friends house. All I had to > do was to configure the NT machine with the right IP and to set > the apropriate gateway. > > I tried to do the same with a FreeBSD stable machine, but it > doesn't work. I tried to ping the gateway IP, but it gives me an > error "no route to host". > > Do I need to use PPPoE with this modem? First you will have to state which model of the modem you have. The 516 is an atm<-->ethernet bridge and needs PPPoE. The 566 is a router and needs DHCP. I went for the 516 so I could use FreeBSD for the routing and firewalling. For the PPPoE config, I took a straight copy of the example PPPoE config in the handbook, plugged in my username and password, brought up the ethernet interface connected to the 516 without an IP configured, then fired off ppp -ddial papchap. It just worked. The good news about the 566 is that it is configured via a web interface. The bad news about the 566 is that it is configured via a web interface. -- Scott Lambert Unix SysAdmin -- Looking for work. lambert@lambertfam.org http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html Two and a half years Sr. SysAdmin experience with FreeBSD in a small, 15,000 dial-up accounts, 19,000+ e-mail accounts, ISP. The last 5 months have included exposure to Solaris 7, True64 5, and Linux. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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