Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:25:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dsl stuff... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117212110.6065Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980116124708.8853D-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Kwoody wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Kwoody wrote: > > > it will be attaced to this FBSD machine, but I forgot that I'll have to > > change my cabling. I use coax now, so I'll have to switch to UTP and get > > a hub. Hmmm, this may get a tad expensive. > > > Though as an addition to this last post, as I just grabbed some coax when > I converted all my stuff to ethernet from arcnet (pre FBSD days) since > thats what arcnet uses and bsd just automatically went to the BNC part of > my kingston combo card. If/when I do switch to UTP wire how do I tell BSD > to use the rj45 jack isntead of the bnc? Or does bsd detect what is being > used? Coax/bnc or utp/rj45? FreeBSD will either use the media type specified in the program's setup, the card's automatic determination, or appopriate ifconfig link / media flags used. In other words: don't worry about it :) If your cards all have UTP ports and you can send directly to your ISP through the DSL link, then do you really need the router? Just buy a cheap hub ($100 or so), plug the pairgain into the incoming port and the other machines into the other ports. OR: Since this is a router (after all), you can buy an Ethernet card to plug the PairGain into; that can have a UTP port. Then route onto your BNC network. Very large UTP <-> BNC converter :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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