From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 11:52:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A0E106564A for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@webcontracts.co.uk) Received: from batfink.vm.bytemark.co.uk (batfink.vm.bytemark.co.uk [80.68.95.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67CE38FC31 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.webcontracts.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by batfink.vm.bytemark.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE4B64005; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 212.159.19.37 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mlaw) by www.webcontracts.co.uk with HTTP; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:34 -0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4A159FE2-3A0D-4C1C-BFDF-BC31CB8E0AA7@cooperationireland.org> References: <4A159FE2-3A0D-4C1C-BFDF-BC31CB8E0AA7@cooperationireland.org> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:34 -0000 From: "Matthew Law" To: "Michael Doyle" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.19 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Advice request: DSL modem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: matt@webcontracts.co.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:35 -0000 Mike, I use a Draytek Vigor 120 (I'm in the UK, but it most certainly will work for you aswell). This is a self-contained ADSL modem that presents a PPPoE interface to your PC or server via a conventional RJ45 connector. It is painless and past firmware hiccups accepted, performs very well indeed. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor120.html I use it in preference to anything because it does not get you embroiled in PCI device driver support and it doesn't NAT or otherwise screw with the conenction - you get 'the internet' and nothing more. The only downside is it is not cheap. I think I paid around 50 GBP. Best regards, Matt. On Thu, March 11, 2010 10:42 am, Michael Doyle wrote: > I am looking for advice regarding DSL Modems: > > I need to add a computer to our VPN which is implemented using the > FreeBSD IPSEC protocols. > So far, all our sites are connected using a wireless point-to-point > link provided by our ISP that > gives us fixed IP addresses with no NAT issues. > > Now I need to add a site with a DSL link. My ISP will give me a fixed > IP address for this site > but can anyone recommend a DSL modem (ADSL2) that will be easy to > configure with this > setup ? (The previous model I used successfully for this purpose is no > longer available)