From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 3 8:12:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD0C37B41A for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:12:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from bmpublications.demon.co.uk ([212.229.137.97] helo=freebsd.bmpublications.demon.co.uk) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 16AvhW-000HKB-0W; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:12:14 +0000 Received: from ip11 (ip11.bmpublications.demon.co.uk [192.168.100.11]) by freebsd.bmpublications.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA02001; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:35:00 GMT (envelope-from norman@khine.net) From: "Norman Khine" To: Cc: Subject: Re: Setup of ADSL cable modem and FreeBSD support for USB -- HELP NEEDED Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:12:16 -0000 Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for your prompt reply, it is intresting and somewhat informative, BUT ;^( my ADSL modem has only two leads 1)the phone socket and 2) the USB Port - I could have ordered a router BUT this would have cost me approx £100 per month - which is a daylight robbery! So you see I don't see how to configure the FreeBSD box to use this modem. Or perhaps I can use the W2K box as a router? of some sort.... Or maybe there are hubs which have USB ports that I can attach this modem to? Any way thanks Norman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message