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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:30:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
To: "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
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Subject: Re: DSL Config w/ FreeBSD
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Raymundo M. Vega wrote:

> Andrew Massaro wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am running FreeBSD and have recently obtained DSL. My local ISP (which
> > supports the DSL) does /not/ support FreeBSD; in short, I need to know
> > how to configure my FreeBSD machine to run the DSL. I know the lines
> > probably go into the /etc/rc.conf file but I'm not sure exactly what to
> > put in there...
> 
> your ISP must give you an IP address, netmask, default gateway
> and DNS server.
> 
consider also that many dsl providers assign an ip via dhcp. to give your
nic an ip via dhcp at bootup, just put a line in your /etc/rc.conf (if
it's an fxp0 device) ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" ...and your gateway they
assign you in the same file.
-Otter
 

 > first try it manually, as root
type: > 
> ifconfig rl0 <IP address here> netmask <real IP mask here>
> route add default <default gateway address>
> 
> If your ethernet card is not a realtek, then replace rl0
> with the appropriate driver. At this moment you should be able
> to connect anywhere if you happen to know the IP address.
> the only missing thing is the DNS, so edit /etc/resolv.conf
> and insert a line like:
> 
> nameserver <put here the nameserver address>
> 
> 
> i think this is about it, that should do it.
> 
> raymundo
> 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Andrew Massaro
> > amassaro@elyxir.com
> > 
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