Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:37:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Mark Bojara <mark@mics.co.za> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL with NIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10304290735200.216-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <20030429160616.D16852-100000@opium.co.za>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Mark Bojara wrote: > Hello All, > > I heard its possible to hook up a ADSL line (RJ11) directly into a NIC and > it will operate with pppoed/ppp is this possible? Has anybody tried this? ... An ethernet NIC will not work in this way. However, you can purchase an internal ADSL modem, which looks like a NIC to the operating system, but has a phone line jack connector. Beware of using a internal ADSL modem with FreeBSD. Unless it impersonates one of the ethernet chipsets perfectly, it won't work. Tom
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