From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 21:15:26 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 54BFA106566C for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net (vms173003pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35FAD8FC14 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from mx.menantico.com ([96.235.133.57]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KD90043FX4G3ACI@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:02:45 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:02:50 -0500 From: Skip Ford In-reply-to: <20090110152531.GA32657@rebelion.Sisis.de> To: Matthias Apitz Message-id: <20090110210250.GA894@menantico.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-disposition: inline References: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> <20090110152531.GA32657@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 21:15:26 -0000 Matthias Apitz wrote: > 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. Yeah, pppd(8) doesn't do PPPoE AFAIK. In addition to the examples I already posted, there's a PPPoE section in the handbook which covers everything instead of just ppp.conf: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html Good luck. -- Skip