From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 9 02:50:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6DD16A403 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 02:50:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from mail.storm.ca (mail.storm.ca [209.87.239.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F0D43D45 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 02:50:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from tigger.digitaltorque.ca (ppp-216-106-109-120.storm.ca [216.106.109.120]) by mail.storm.ca (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k492obob003907 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 22:50:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: by tigger.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0D72023DE3; Mon, 8 May 2006 22:50:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 22:50:31 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060509025031.GH25964@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060509010502.GF25964@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20060509033002.731b69cf@loki> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PNpeiK4tTqhYOExY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060509033002.731b69cf@loki> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: setting up pppoe X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 02:50:39 -0000 --PNpeiK4tTqhYOExY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/05/06 Joerg Pernfuss said: > ppp needs some address to work with right from the beginning, before > you get assigned an IP address from your isp. The original idea was, > from my understanding, that you could specify your network, and would > then only be assigned the host part of the address. >=20 > Hence the /0, which specifies that nothing is network-part and you > take whatever IP address you get assigned. Well, if it works, it'll be one of the simplest pppoe setups I've seen yet = on a *nix box. Looks pretty simple.=20 Mike --=20 Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --PNpeiK4tTqhYOExY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEYAN3KGqCc1vIvggRAkyhAKCiejIFLcJvRegcXs16P6ne31RrrwCeNJBP PhSFE85WLU92W+cEvFklDN4= =Y0Fr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNpeiK4tTqhYOExY--