From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 19 12:13:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12970 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:13:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from citytel1.citytel.net (root@citytel1.citytel.net [204.244.99.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12943 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:13:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kwoody@citytel.net) Received: from citytel.net (citytelprct75.citytel.net [204.244.99.28]) by citytel1.citytel.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA29192; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:12:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mybsd.net (mybsd.net [192.168.0.2]) by citytel.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA12710; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:25:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:25:54 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody X-Sender: kwoody@mybsd.net To: Doug White 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 Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Doug White wrote: > 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 :) So just change the cabling, reboot and all should be fine. That I gotta see. :^) > 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. > Thats pretty much the setup I was thinking of. It would be easiest and cheapest to build here at home. > 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. Naw, easier to buy a cheapo hub and some UTP wire and just convert everything over. Though the BNC on my old Sun 3/60 might be a bit of a different story. But I'll cross that bridge (no pun intended) when I need to. ;)