From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 2 6:32:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0068E1511C for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 06:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA13575; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 08:26:53 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199908021326.IAA13575@iaces.com> Subject: Re: DSL network connectivity, please. In-Reply-To: <199908020404.XAA10902@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Aug 1, 99 11:04:07 pm" To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 08:26:52 -0500 (CDT) Cc: capdevie@Haas.Berkeley.EDU, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, David Kelly said: > "Edgard Capdevielle" writes: > > I want to setup my FreeBSD box so that it connects to the internet with DSL. > > I have searched the archives and found similar questions but no answers. > > > > My ISP gave me a fixed hostname IP, a netmask, a DNS IP, a secondary DNS IP, > > and a gateway IP. My box is a Gateway GP6 350 with 64 RAM and two NICs: pn0 > > and pn1 that are 10/100 Ethernet cards. When using Win98 it is easy to > > setup because they have a driver name. In FreeBSD I do not know which card > > is pn0 or pn1. The FreeBSD book does not cover DSL connections. > > You have a static IP address, so there really isn't anything special to > cover for DSL other than the fact one usually shouldn't place more than Why is this a fact? Ok, it isn't. We configure Bridged mode DSL modems to handout 5 dhcp addresses. PPP mode can run it's own dhcp server and will hand out as many as you request and will use PAT. > one device on a DSL or cablemodem. You seem to have that covered with > two NIC's. > > Assuming the NICs are identical make and model (else they would be easy > to tell apart) to tell which NIC is which there is usually a sticker > showing the MAC address. FreeBSD shows the MAC addresses for each card > when the card is probed. You can review the startup probe output with > "dmesg | more". > Otherwise you could simply configure one for the DSL link. If that > doesn't work then plug your DSL ethernet into the other NIC. No need to > reboot in between. Actually, since he already has one (at least) configured with Windows, it the first doesn't come up right, do the other. -- `The time has come,' the Walrus said, Of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax-- `To talk of many things: Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings.' --Lewis Carol To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message