Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:11:57 -0400
From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To: Usselmann.M@icg-online.de ("Manfred Usselmann")
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: DSL access with PPPoE
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On 18 Sep 2000 16:54:39 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you = wrote: >I would like to provide DSL Internet access for the few PC's on my LAN = using my FreeBSD=20 >server. According to the provider PPPoE is what I need. > >My question: Do I have to add an additional NIC to the server or can I = just attach the DSL=20 >modem to the hub and use the existing network adapter for the LAN and = the Internet? Depending on the modem, yes it might work, but its not desireable. Its = best to get a second NIC (a cheap RealTek will do the job fine). There are = some good FAQ entries on PPPoE as well as many archived answers to PPPoE questions in this mailing list.=20 ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) =09 Sentex Communications Corp, =09 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers=20 could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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