From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 2 14:49:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB44414DA9 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:49:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 28235 invoked by alias); 2 Mar 1999 22:48:49 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 28215 invoked by uid 0); 2 Mar 1999 22:48:48 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 2 Mar 1999 22:48:48 -0000 Message-ID: <36DC6AD0.6F96EB81@uswest.net> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:48:48 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Paul T. Root" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cisco 675 [Was: Re: support for ADSL cards drivers in FreeBSD] References: <199903021843.MAA23948@iaces.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Paul T. Root" wrote: > > What would be the advantage of using the 675 as a router versus using > > bridge mode paired with a box running services? > > I don't think there is any advantage to using PPP mode if all you have is > one system. The advantage is that if you have more than one machine, they > will get there ip address from the 675's dhcp server (It's configured to use > 10.0.0.0 net, with it set at 10.0.0.1. Obviously, you could pick your own > address, probably at the higher end of the subnet. It uses a 24 bit mask. I have four boxes (soon to be six) that I would like to eventually have networked. The whole reason I'm asking is because I can't decide how to setup the gateway. So you're saying that I should use the 675 as a router instead of a bridge for a router box? Is there any books or fine manuals that you recommend I bury my nose in? Reading it in print always seems to help my poor, battered little neurons. Slowly I am beginning to realize why all those net admins all those years ago told me never to get into computers unless I absolutely loved them. But it is too late for me now, save yourselves! :-) Would this conversation be better suited in private e-mail? -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message