From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 11:55:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981981065675 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:55:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from vms173007pub.verizon.net (vms173007pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88288FC0C for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:55:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from mx.menantico.com ([96.235.133.57]) by vms173007.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KD900HX34WYWMT7@vms173007.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:53:27 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:54:56 -0500 From: Skip Ford In-reply-to: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> To: Matthias Apitz Message-id: <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0R && ADSL X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:55:03 -0000 Matthias Apitz wrote: > What kind of software I could use in FreeBSD? There is some port > net/rp-pppoe but the man pages speaks about incoming connections? > What else? Are you having problems using ppp(8)? PPPoE has been just another dialup connection for years. Example configurations are available in /usr/share/examples/ppp. If you really want a port, net/mpd is the way to go. ppp(8) is userland while mpd is kernel. I wish it was in base. -- Skip