Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:21:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Gene Bomgardner" <glbj@bellatlantic.net> Cc: freeBSD-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: DSL,PPPoE, Etc Message-ID: <200003090821.IAA00515@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Gene Bomgardner" <glbj@bellatlantic.net> of "Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:38:55 EST." <200003082242.RAA17563@smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net>
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> I discovered that 3.4 supports PPPoE. So I upgraded to 3.4,
> followed the setup given in the handbook exactly (substituting as
> appropriate) and gave it a try. No Dice.
>
> I'm using a Westell modem connected via a hub. My ISP is Bell
> Atlantic.
>
> Has anyone out there managed to get PPPoE to work? Anyone
> use Bell Atlantic.net? Windoze 95 uses dial-up networking to
> establish a connection via WinPoet. In the dial up window, it
> displays "VPN Server : 111-1111" where the phone number usually
> is. Is this something I need to address when setting BSD's
> ppp.conf file? Are there any additional FAQ's or Howtos?
You may need to ``set device pppoe:xxx:111-1111'' (where xxx is your
network interface), but I'm not sure about this.
There are example configs in /usr/share/examples/ppp/.
> Any info would be gratefully appreciated. thanks.
>
> Gene
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