From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 15:35:43 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 31BD6106566C for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:35:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: from hunter.Sisis.de (hunter.sisis.de [193.31.11.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E22A8FC14 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:35:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: (from mail@localhost) by hunter.Sisis.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13482; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:16:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: from ppp-88-217-59-59.dynamic.mnet-online.de(88.217.59.59) by hunter.Sisis.de via smap (V2.1) id xma013442; Sat, 10 Jan 09 16:16:28 +0100 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n0AFPVlw033291; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:25:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:25:31 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: Skip Ford Message-ID: <20090110152531.GA32657@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) 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 Reply-To: Matthias Apitz 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 15:35:43 -0000 El día Saturday, January 10, 2009 a las 05:54:56AM -0500, Skip Ford escribió: > 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. Thanks for all the hints. The problem was that for many years I have only used 'normal' pppd connections (over modems, ISDN or UMTS), but never PPPoE. So I went to the ports and did search 'name=pppoe' and ended up in net/rp-pppoe and was confused. It seems that just ppp(8) is what I have to use. Thx again. matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ SPAMer of the year: Subject: Alle Software ist Deutsche Sprachen >From: -40 % die Neujahrsaktion