From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 12 8:48:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DD337B491 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:48:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA58378; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:55:16 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010212115837.0272aeb0@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:01:09 -0500 To: kiguchi@excite.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dennis Subject: Re: ADSL and PPPoE question In-Reply-To: <32862017.981993778675.JavaMail.imail@seamore.excite.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:02 AM 02/12/2001, kiguchi@excite.com wrote: >I'm very sorry if this is a stupid question. > >In our company, we want to set up a small network of about 20 PCs. ADSL >seems like a good inexpensive solution, and I understand that FreeBSD with >Netgraph can act like a gateway for our computers. > >What I don't understand is whether we will have to use IP aliasing (NAT) or >we can have our own routable IP range. Since ADSL is a Point-to-point link >over Ethernet, does the protocol / one ADSL line support more than one IP, >or will everything have to be aliased? FYI: We support direct IP over ethernet bridging on our cards without the pppoe nonsense on FreeBSD. Bridging over both frame relay and PTP lines are supported. www.etinc.com Dennis >Thank you > >Takashi Kiguchi > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Send a cool gift with your E-Card >http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message