From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 21 19:38:58 2004 Return-Path: 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 0FD5716A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9248C43D2F for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:38:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i3M2chjw004723; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:38:44 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:38:53 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <408721FE.7030902@verizon.net> <000e01c4280e$31159e10$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01c4280e$31159e10$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404211938.53074.kstewart@owt.com> cc: nestor cc: Mike Maltese Subject: Re: verizon dsl connexn X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:38:58 -0000 On Wednesday 21 April 2004 07:04 pm, Mike Maltese wrote: > > i have verizon dsl service using macronix nic. free bsd unleashed > > book, man pages and install man dont say how to set this up. my > > provider gives dns address automatically. linux rpppoe works fine. > > does bsd have equivalent? i can boot into grub but get warning > > about not being connected to bsd.... other than dsl internet > > service i am not networked per se so network setup questions are > > difficult to answer. > > As far as I know, Verizon uses DHCP to assign addresses, etc. You > shouldn't need to fool with PPPoE. > Take a look here: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dhc >p.html > It depends on the account and location. It is my understanding that most of the Western USA just uses simple dhcp. Kent > If you're sure you have a PPPoE connection, this may be helpful: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html > > In the future, keep in mind that taking the time to write up an > intelligible question will greatly improve your odds of receiving > useful help. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html