From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 20:16:10 2005 Return-Path: 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 8049716A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 20:16:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.goinet.com (mail.goinet.com [208.207.72.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB8AD43DA3 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 20:16:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tshadwick@goinet.com) Received: from mail.goinet.com (localhost.goinet.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.goinet.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4JKFqH7042804; Thu, 19 May 2005 15:15:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tshadwick@goinet.com) Received: from localhost (tshadwick@localhost)j4JKFqkS042801; Thu, 19 May 2005 15:15:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tshadwick@goinet.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.goinet.com: tshadwick owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:15:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Shadwick To: paul klatt In-Reply-To: <199901031645.39942.paul.klatt@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <20050519151355.K39659@mail.goinet.com> References: <199901031645.39942.paul.klatt@sbcglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.85.1, clamav-milter version 0.85 on mail.goinet.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 20:16:10 -0000 Presuming your dsl provider doesn't use a username and password to connect (something called PPPoE), then you can just connect using DHCP and you'll be on. The more likely scenario is that they do indeed use PPPoE, so you'll need to install the pppoe client, set up your username and password, then connect. I would strong suggest using a third option, which would be to purchase a hardware dsl router that will make setting this up much simpler, allow you to share your connection with other users simply enough, and add an additional layer of protection. This will allow you to use DHCP to get an IP address and not have to worry about a PPPoE client. Tony On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, paul klatt wrote: > Could anyone please tell me how to go about setting up dsl in freebsd I would > appreciate the help. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >