From owner-freebsd-atm Fri Dec 31 14:57:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Received: from www.stomped.com (stomped.com [206.191.205.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7281014E95; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:57:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bigfoot@stomped.com) Received: from gunther (gunther.stomped.com [206.191.230.36]) by www.stomped.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA04888; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:57:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Guy Gustavson" To: "George W. Dinolt" , , Subject: RE: SpeedStreem 3060 ADSL Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:57:10 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <386D2AE9.3A2950F7@pacbell.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-atm@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org DSL is an ATM based technology. It's inherient in the concept. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of George W. > Dinolt > Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 4:15 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-atm@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: SpeedStreem 3060 ADSL > > > I recently (today) had PacBell install a DSL line to my house. They > provided me with a SpeedStreem 3060 internel PCI "modem" card from > Efficient Networks, Inc. instead of an external interface with an > ethernet connection (as was promised.) > > After some digging around, I determined that the card is running ppp on > top of ATM. Why it is done this way is beyond me. Maybe it has to do > with the fact that ATM is session oriented and this is a "cheap" way of > building a session. Has anyone had any experience getting such a card to > work on FreeBSD? If not, are there people who have started work on > building a device driver for such a card? I am not sure if I will be > able to convince PacBell to give me the other interface. > > Thanks for any pointers or info > George Dinolt > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-atm" in the body of the message