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Date:      Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:35:10 +0100
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system
Message-ID:  <20081017003510.3422e7ea@gumby.homeunix.com.>
In-Reply-To: <20081016114348.GA8970@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <831334.93256.qm@web56806.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <1224138644.3458.97.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <gd769f$8fg$1@ger.gmane.org> <1224156544.3458.104.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081016114348.GA8970@icarus.home.lan>

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On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:43:48 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> wrote:


> What Michael's describing is a feature many DSL modems offer.  There
> is no official term for what it is,

They are commonly referred to as half-bridge modems.

> The reason this feature is HIGHLY desired is because not all PPPoE
> implementations are compatible with an ISPs implementation.  

Even more so if you have PPPoA with no, or poorly-supported, PPPoE.




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