From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 28 22:49:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA11711 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:49:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA11706 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:49:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id WAA01276; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:49:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19981028224957.A1241@Alameda.net> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:49:57 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: Manfred Antar , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DSL ? Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <19981028182343.D14495@Alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew Jacob on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 08:40:53PM -0800 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 08:40:53PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > LANMINDS (http://www.lanminds.com) does a DSL coinstall with Covad- they > run some BSDI machines, but also some FreeBSD machines too I believe. > There certainly is at least one person there keenly interested in FreeBSD. > > As an ISP they do a pretty decent job. I've had some difficulties > with the DSL install, but I consider myself really an edge case > and would still give them a 'recommend' rating. > > The basic hookup gets you a DSL router/modem- so it's not really > germane to a *BSD or Linux or Solaris or what have you kind of > OS issue, except that for most cases IPNAT is your friend and > I gather FreeBSD has that fairly well in hand. > > I've heard some negative experiences with IPNAT under FreeBSD > and PacBELL's DSL hookup, but the person reporting that to > me wasn't entirely clear what the issue was- I believe that > there might have been some unfriendly router filtering on > http proxy responses, but I really don't have the details. My company, Alameda Networks, does DSL with Rhythms and we give real address space. Rhtyhms delivers a straight ethernet outlet, you just point your default route at it. > > FWIW > > -matt > > > On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 04:36:39PM -0800, Manfred Antar wrote: > > > Quick question > > > Does anybody have any experience using PacBell DSL with FreeBSD ? > > > > No, but I haven't heard the best in general about PacHell and their > > service. (That includes me as a ISP customer of PacHell Telco). > > > > How about using an ISP who runs on FreeBSD for DSL feed ? ;-) > > > > > Thanks > > > Manfred > > > ============================== > > > || mantar@netcom.com || > > > || pozo@infinex.com || > > > || Ph. (415) 681-6235 || > > > ============================== > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Regards, Ulf. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 > > Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message