Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:54:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL "modems" & ADSL (PPP over ATM) Message-ID: <200103222254.f2MMsws02971@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:49:33 %2B0100." <985301373.3aba817d4fa9a@webmail.neomedia.it>
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> The modem Alcatel Speed Touch Home is reported to work. However, this ISP also > states that "Linux/Unix will only work with a router; Linux/Unix will work with > no ADSL modem -- neither USB link nor Ethernet" [sic]. I have used PPPoE with the Alcatel Speed Touch Home device (in non-router configuration) and FreeBSD; it works fine and just as documented. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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