From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 19:59:16 2002 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 306E037B401 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 19:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B143E6A for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 19:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) Received: (from david@localhost) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) id g772xCPK002055; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:59:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:59:12 -0400 From: David Banning To: Mike Tancsa Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl modem suggestions Message-ID: <20020806225912.A2049@skytrackercanada.com> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20020806203113.03d76b08@marble.sentex.ca> <20020801030135.A54643@skytrackercanada.com> <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net> <20020806183300.M10093@skytrackercanada.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20020806203113.03d76b08@marble.sentex.ca> <20020806224811.A1776@skytrackercanada.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20020806225428.04507778@marble.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20020806225428.04507778@marble.sentex.ca>; from mike@sentex.net on Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:58:07PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > If you have the modem in bridge mode, it will not do any sort of PPPoE > authentication. It is simply a bridge that passes ethernet back and forth. > So it doest care about "DSL down reconnect ?" etc... You only need the > PPPoE working on your FreeBSD box not in your modem as well. Yes, my modem has always been in bridge mode. It was the pppoe mode that they were attempting to -convince- me to put it in, but which I have not done as yet, and will not do, as a result of your advice. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message