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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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