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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:59:12 -0400
From:      David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dsl modem suggestions
Message-ID:  <20020806225912.A2049@skytrackercanada.com>
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
References:  <5.1.1.6.0.20020806203113.03d76b08@marble.sentex.ca> <minqkuoj4uhhbk39gu68uu7hlt0639p2tk@4ax.com> <20020801030135.A54643@skytrackercanada.com> <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net> <mailman.1028223962.54252.fquestions-l@lists.sentex.ca> <minqkuoj4uhhbk39gu68uu7hlt0639p2tk@4ax.com> <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>

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> 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.

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