From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 19:49:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806EB16A46B for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6934313C483 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (relay8.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578268D2D69; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:49:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 450D1404E0; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:49:06 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807126-a0886bb00000081c-39-466ef8b11010 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 8FDF04006A; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:49:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200706121249.53906.nvass@teledomenet.gr> References: <466DA9E0.8040207@locolomo.org> <200706121249.53906.nvass@teledomenet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <68FAFDB9-DDCA-4A88-B1EA-26882AD3893F@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:49:04 -0700 To: Nikos Vassiliadis X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD box/ADSL link config 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, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:06 -0000 On Jun 12, 2007, at 2:49 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: >> The DSL router in question is a Thomson Speedtouch 546v6. > > Speedtouch routers had as factory default bridging mode. > A simple revert to factory defaults will probably enable > you to use PPPoE from your FreeBSD box. Just a note of caution about this specific point, against an admirable & detailed reply-- from what I understand from another mailing list is that the newer versions of the Speedtouch DSL modems no longer have the capability of acting in "bridging" mode and will always run in the 1-to-1 NAT translation mode. This turns out to represent a significant problem for people who want to provide NTP services to the world, perhaps via the NTP pool project, as the rather limited NAT state table in these DSL modems easily overflow when dealing with many stateless UDP packets.... -- -Chuck