From owner-freebsd-net Thu Mar 9 13:54:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DAEA37B839 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:49:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA05816; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 21:41:25 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA00515; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:21:59 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200003090821.IAA00515@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Gene Bomgardner" Cc: freeBSD-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: DSL,PPPoE, Etc In-Reply-To: Message from "Gene Bomgardner" of "Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:38:55 EST." <200003082242.RAA17563@smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:21:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message