From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 16:57:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA26350 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from sinister.wellserv.com (root@d01678.atl.bellsouth.net [207.53.3.178]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA26345 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:57:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from paul@localhost) by sinister.wellserv.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA04266; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:57:36 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Paul F. Wells" From: "Paul F. Wells" Subject: Re: Experience with Adtran XL/XLT and single user mode References: Date: 27 Nov 1996 19:57:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: "Paul F. Wells"'s message of 26 Nov 1996 12:38:32 -0500 Message-ID: Lines: 34 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.40/XEmacs 19.14 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well, never mind...I evidently didn't look hard enough: the client from wide-dhcp in ports works. I learned that the XL/XLT will spoof DHCP. "Paul F. Wells" writes: > > Folks, > > Because of a lack of serial ports/IRQ, I obtained an Adtran XLT > ISDN router/bridge. My current provider, however, does not provide > either routing or bridging. The XLT has a 'single user IP gateway' > mode which seems to be exactly what I need. In this mode, the XLT > netotiates the PPP link and obtains IP addresses for 'itself', the > gateway, etc. All of that appears to be working just fine. In order > for the workstation to get the IP address, it needs to send a BOOTP > request to the XLT. I have searched everywhere on the CDs, and the > closest I get is netboot.com. Correct me if I'm wrong, but netboot > won't do it...I'm not willing to reboot the system every time I dial > out for an internet connection, especially if I have to drop to DOS > to do so. Seems like a huge waste of time and effort. > > Has anyone out there successfully used this single user mode of the > XLT, and if so, what and how did you have to hack to get it working? > > Since I didn't mention it, this is with 2.1.5-RELEASE. > > Thanks very much, -- Paul F. Wells Wells Services Company Limited +1 770 941 5810 627 Heather Drive Lithia Springs, GA 30057