From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 05:33:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA04459 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:44:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA04228 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:39:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA06225; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:25:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:25:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Kwoody cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: dsl stuff... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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