From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 6:34:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from karon.dynas.se (karon.dynas.se [192.71.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65D6737B6B3 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikko@dynas.se) Received: (qmail 1486 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2000 13:34:53 -0000 Received: from spirit.sto.dynas.se (HELO spirit.dynas.se) (172.16.1.10) by karon.sto.dynas.se with SMTP; 8 Aug 2000 13:34:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 28881 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2000 13:35:09 -0000 Received: from m2.dynas.se (172.16.1.168) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 8 Aug 2000 13:35:09 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by m2.dynas.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA07875; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:34:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:34:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200008081334.PAA07875@m2.dynas.se> To: john@drexeltech.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting DSL for FreeBSD? Newsgroups: local.freebsd-questions References: <20000807221723.A48000@localhost.localdomain> <4.3.2.7.0.20000808072141.00b0f890@mail.johnturner.com> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.6 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In local.freebsd-questions you write: >At 10:17 PM 8/7/2000 -0500, David J. Kanter wrote: >>I'm thinking of getting a DSL but am a bit confused on what to ask the >>companies to ensure that the line will work with FreeBSD. I assume that even >>if they don't advertise it to work with FreeBSD, in some cases it probably >>does. >DSL works with any OS. The output of any DSL modem/router/bridge is a >standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack (at least, it should be this way in the >USA). This will plug into any network card. >Non-windows users who want DSL merely need: >1) a working network card >2) the ability to change the IP address bound to that network card >>If a company doesn't explicitly advertise "works with UNIX" (Telocity is the >>only one I've seen that does this), what questions can I ask that will >>convince me that it does? >It works. Period. There are no DSL drivers or anything like that. It's a [...] Unfortunately, that does not always seem to be true. Some companies use PPPoE (PPP over ethernet) as their DSL service, which requires some setup of "ppp" on FreeBSD. AFAIK network install of FreeBSD over PPPoE is not supported. /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message