Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 18:08:56 +0100 From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL PPoA or RFC1483, any solutions ? Message-ID: <20031001170856.GJ13612@saboteur.dek.spc.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030615064011.02e39eb8@194.184.65.4> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030615064011.02e39eb8@194.184.65.4>
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On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 06:55:28AM +0200, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > 1) Any viable solution with FreeBSD for doing that kinds (PPPoA or RFC > 1483) of encapsulation. Using xDSL will be difficult. There is a driver I have picked up for the Lanai chip (Efficient Networks SpeedStream 30x0 series), using an Alcatel PHY, but it's nowhere near ready for primetime yet, and I have no timeline for working on it (or funding/resources). > 2) Why FreeBSD doesn't support PPPoA in the same way it support PPPoE ? > Which are the difficulties of doing this ? > The "experts" that came to sell this migration said that PPPoA is a far > more efficient and better than PPPoE, is it true ? Not necessarily. It just might be easier for telcos to carry traffic over their backbones using ATM - more efficient for them, not necessarily more efficient for end-users. You'll have better luck with an external router for now, but help is on the way from others, that is all I can say right now. BMS
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