From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 13:12: 5 2002 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 43AC037B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [216.235.52.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42C643E81 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:12:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g8RKBjd26906 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:11:45 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:11:45 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Verizon DSL In-Reply-To: <20020927130513.GA7455@keyslapper.org> Message-ID: <20020927100934.N45901-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can usually tell from the modem you're using. The GTE one is a Fujitsu/Orkit and uses DHCP. The BellAtlantic one uses modems from Efficient Networks/Siemens, Westell and Alcatel and uses PPPoE. What was the name of the telco before it was Verizon, that's one way to tell. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Now I'm getting confused. I guess I'll have to be ready to set either > one up. > > > Thanks for the info guys. > > Lou > > On 09/26/02 09:52 PM, Vincent Poy sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:20:19 -0400 > > > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > > > > > Is PPP setup required? AFAIK, Verizon doesn't require an > > > > authname/authkey challenge, since it logs the Mac Address of the NIC, > > > > as well as the modem itself. I haven't been using PPP with AT&T for > > > > the last 4+ years, and it works well. > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > Lou > > > > > > It is possible that the service Verizon provides in your area is > > > different than one they privide here. Here Verizon DSL uses PPPoE and > > > ppp is definitely requited to connect. > > > > The way it works is the the Verizon known as BellAtlantic requires > > PPPoE while the Verizon known as GTE doesn't. BA uses a ATM network while > > GTE uses a Frame Relay based network. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ > > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message