From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 11:02:38 2003 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 30DF537B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.melim.com.br (pop3.melim.com.br [200.215.110.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B9D43FDF for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:02:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ronanl@melim.com.br) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.melim.com.br (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73FAC265B1; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:02:32 -0300 (BRT) Received: from praiadosamores.melim.com.br (praiadosamores.melim.com.br [200.215.110.20]) by mail.melim.com.br (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E9B62659A; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:02:32 -0300 (BRT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:02:31 -0300 From: Ronan Lucio To: David Banning Message-Id: <20030807150231.6178891f.ronanl@melim.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> Organization: Melim Internet X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are all dsl modems the same? 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, 07 Aug 2003 18:02:38 -0000 No. At first you need to know the type of your connection (PPPoA or PPPoE). If you want the FreeBSD box hold the public IP, you'll need configure the ADSL modem as a bridge, otherwise, configure as a router. Some modems don't do bridge PPPoA. Ask to your supplier if yours does. We have worked with modems Alcatel and DLink perfectly. The 3Com seems to be a good modem, too. There are also other modems, too. But I'm talking just about the modems there I know. Ronan On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:38:57 -0400 David Banning wrote: > I am looking at buying a dsl modem used but I am not aware of > the differences from one to the next. I am using a G-net which seems > to work fine, and I used a Nortel Networks one when I was with another > DSL supplier. > > Is the operation of most DSL modems the same, and if so, can a > specific DSL modem used with one DSL service supplier be used with > another DSL service supplier? > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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" >