From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 2 8: 7:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2031544A for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 08:07:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA23367; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:06:36 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199903021606.KAA23367@iaces.com> Subject: Re: support for ADSL cards drivers in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199903021545.JAA06777@plains.NoDak.edu> from Mark Tinguely at "Mar 2, 99 09:45:07 am" To: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:06:35 -0600 (CST) Cc: jerome.privat@bt-sys.bt.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Mark Tinguely said: > > In a previous message, Jerome Privat said: > > > Is there any ADSL card drivers for FreeBSD? > > > If yes, which cards are supported and in which release of > > > FreeBSD? > > > > > > There is no driver for the Cisco 605. They are only doing > > Windows. Though they are considering a Macintosh driver. > > > > Get the external 675, it's better anyway. > > I agree, not only will we need to write the driver for the 605's hardware, > (BTW, the programming specs are difficult to obtain), we would also need > to implement PPP over ATM protocol. for what they charge for the 675, it > is a good value. Well, at this time, USWEST (at least) is not offering PPP mode, all ADSL is bridged mode. I'm testing ppp on a 675 and have bridged on the 605. Sometime this year, I think we'll be switching to ppp mode (that's uswest.net). When you get service from USWEST, you get the 675 free, along with a 3COM ethernet board (ISA, I think). I think they say it's a $300 value, or so. We also don't sell the 605 separately. The only way I know how to get one is to buy a computer from Dell with it pre-installed. Paul. -- "One meets his destiny often on the road one takes to avoid it."--French Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message