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To: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD DSL setup questions
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Many thanks.  Got it going with the help of Andrei Zaitsau and your very
helpful web page.  Ended up rebuilding the Kernel for PPPoE.

Flying now!

-Brian

Dan O'Connor wrote:
> 
> [Copy of off-list response for archive purposes...]
> 
> >I see with my CenturyTel DSL setup in Windows, they are using the
> >PPPoE protocol.  Does that mean I must configure FreeBSD in this
> >manner?
> 
> Yes, I think you have to use User-ppp (see 'man 8 ppp') for PPPoE support.
> 
> >In step 6 (netstat -rn) should I see an assigned gateway when using DHCP?
> >Are there any other diagnostics I could run, besides ping, to see discover
> >the problem?
> 
> Boy, it's been awhile since I had a DHCP address...I'm not really sure, but
> I *think* it should automagically get set by dhclient when it gets a DHCP
> lease...
> 
> But, since you have PPPoE, User-PPP will handle this for you. While I
> haven't used ppp in PPPoE mode, I have used it for a regular modem, so you
> may find the Sheet on PPP
> (http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sheet.cgi?ppp) somewhat helpful, at
> least for setting up firewall rules (Use the filter capabilities of ppp for
> firewalling, rather than ipfw or ipfilter).
> 
> Also, when DSL lines started to become really popular about a year ago,
> there was a lot of chatter on the mailing lists about PPPoE. So be sure to
> check out the FreeBSD mailing list archives too. (Start here:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=PPPoE&max=100&sort=score&index=r
> ecent&source=freebsd-questions)
> 
> Hope this gets you on the right track...
> 
> --Dan
> 
> --
> Dan O'Connor
> On Matters of Most Grave Concern
>     http://www.mostgraveconcern.com
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