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Subject: RE: pppOe 1000baseTX config
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> 
> I've recently switched from a Netgear router to use pppOe for my public 
> internet ip on FreeBSD 5.4.
> 
> My machine has two nics: bge0 and re0, both of which support 1000baseTX 
> configurations, however neither of the two seem to be able to 
> connect when I 
> configure them in /etc/rc.conf.  Here's what works:
> 

correct me if this is a wrong assumption, this is a dsl line??

what do you expect to gain here? forcing 1000baseTX on the NIC won't
speed up the dsl line.