Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:04:38 +0200 (SAST) From: Mark Bojara <mark@mics.co.za> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL with NIC Message-ID: <20030429190421.B16852-100000@opium.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10304290735200.216-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Hi Tom, Do you have any products you could advise for me on this? Regards Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------- Can't learn to do something well? Learn to enjoy doing it badly! ---------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Tom Samplonius wrote: > >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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