Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:52:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Mark Bojara <mark@mics.co.za> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL with NIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10304291751460.216-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <20030429190421.B16852-100000@opium.co.za>
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Ask your ISP. Only they will know what works best with their DSLAMs. Things are still far from standardized. Tom On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Mark Bojara wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Do you have any products you could advise for me on this? > > Regards > Mark > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Can't learn to do something well? Learn to enjoy doing it badly! > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > > >On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Mark Bojara wrote: > > > >> Hello All, > >> > >> I heard its possible to hook up a ADSL line (RJ11) directly into a NIC and > >> it will operate with pppoed/ppp is this possible? Has anybody tried this? > >... > > > > An ethernet NIC will not work in this way. However, you can purchase an > >internal ADSL modem, which looks like a NIC to the operating system, but > >has a phone line jack connector. > > > > Beware of using a internal ADSL modem with FreeBSD. Unless it > >impersonates one of the ethernet chipsets perfectly, it won't work. > > > >Tom > > > > > > >
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