From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 11:56:10 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 924D516A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:56:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5F143D3F for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:56:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.hauber@mchsi.com) Received: from [10.51.10.3] (12-219-204-133.client.mchsi.com[12.219.204.133]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20041110115609m9100cdfh6e>; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:56:09 +0000 From: Mike Hauber To: Ben Haysom Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:00:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200411101123.51095.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: X-Copyright: 2004, Michael C. Hauber. All rights reserved. X-Notice: Duplication, modification, and/or redistribution are prohibited without proper consent from the author. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411100700.12410.m.hauber@mchsi.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: m.hauber@mchsi.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:56:10 -0000 On Wednesday 10 November 2004 05:34 am, Ben Haysom proclaimed: > The ADSL modem from my ISP I can't get driveers for > FreeBSD for. I obviously do have an have an ADSL line, > which has a fixed IP. I can ping nothing outside my own > network. You don't need a router. I've had a setup very similar to yours in the past (now, I'm on broadband and use OpenBSD for my router/firewall/filter)... Any rate, I FreeBSD will make an excellent router/more for you. It just takes a learning process. Provide the outputs from the "uname -a", "dmesg -a", "ifconfig -a", "cat /etc/rc.conf", cat "/etc/hosts" commands. If you have compiled and installed a custom kernel, then also provide the kernel ("cat "/sys/i386/conf/KERN.NAME.GOES.HERE"). There are many possibilities for the server not talking to the modem, and it's impossible for anyone on this list to narrow those possibilities down unless you provide a reasonable amount of information. Mike PS "Top posting" is where you provide your reply to the top of the message. It makes following messages on mailing lists _very_ annoying. Lots of folks on the list are sticklers about it, but it _does_ help if replies are appended to the bottom of the message (or integrated within the message). :)