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Date:      Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:44:20 +0800
From:      "Sukhbinder Singh" <sukhbinders@hotmail.com>
To:        "David Banning" <david@skytracker.ca>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Message-ID:  <BAY2-DAV43pcXYfkHRG000577c8@hotmail.com>
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what do I type at the place for "default: # or name_of_service_provider" in
my ppp.conf file. and also what do I type for the "set ifaddr" field in the
ppp.conf file. and where do I type the IP address for my ISP provider or the
DNS for my ISP provider or the telephone number for my ISP. There has to be
a place where I need to type all this information or else how is the xDSL
modem is going to contact or connect with my ISP. Any help will be helpful.

thanks,

Singh.



----- Original Message -----
From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>
To: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders@hotmail.com>
Cc: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>; <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation


> On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 02:42:47PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote:
> > I am using a fast ethernet network card with an external xDSL modem.
>
> In that case you should be well on your way. Check out that page;
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html
>
> To find out your network device try "dmesg | more" and
> you should find an entry like, in my case;
>
> rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x9000-0x90ff mem
0xde000000-0xde0000ff ir
> q 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
>
> The rl0 in my case is what goes in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the line;
>
> set device PPPoE:xl1 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device
>
> Here is my ppp.conf file, less my login and password;
>
>
> default: # or name_of_service_provider
>       set device PPPoE:rl0 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device
>       set mru 1492
>       set mtu 1492
>       set authname mylogin
>       set authkey mypassword
>       set log Phase tun command # you can add more detailed logging if you
wish
>       set dial
>       set login
>       set ifaddr 209.188.66.29 206.221.248.4
>       add default HISADDR
>       nat enable yes # if you want to enable nat for your local net
>
> The ifaddr line would not be suitable for you because I have a
> static IP, and that address is mine. Instead use the one from the
> FreeBSD page.
>
> I fire up ppp with the following command;
>
> /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -ddial -nat default
>
> initially, you can do it manually.
> enter ppp as root.
> then type "dial". The ppp prompt should gradually go to upper case.
> When all three P's are upper case then you should be running.
>
> A good way to know if you are connected is by using ping;
>
> "ping -c 5 64.58.79.230"  (that IP belongs to yahoo, but any will do.)
>



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