Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:44:29 -0800 From: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org> To: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, "Andrew" <andrew@ugh.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP installation from the floppies through ADSL modem with PPPoE or PPTP protocol. Message-ID: <045601c2a7da$19ad6ba0$3224200a@me3> References: <20021220111155.K38789-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au> <3E028EB2.4020805@pantherdragon.org>
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tis a good reason to use one of the pppoe speaking routers/nat boxes.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To: "Andrew" <andrew@ugh.net.au>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: FTP installation from the floppies through ADSL modem with
PPPoE or PPTP protocol.
> Andrew wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Asker wrote:
> >>The modem can be configured to use PPPoE or PPTP protocol for making the
> >>connection with my Internet Servise Provider.
> >
> > Well if the modem does PPPoE itself (and preusmably NAT) then you need
no
> > speical support from the OS. From its poitn of view you are just
conencted
> > via ethernet.
>
> If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
> work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
> to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
>
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