From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 10 8:43:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from courier.netrail.net (courier.netrail.net [205.215.10.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77D137B406 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:43:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cschreiber@netrail.net) Received: by courier.netrail.net (Postfix, from userid 5408) id EFD46EA; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:43:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:43:37 -0400 From: "Christian S ." To: Freebsd Questions Subject: Re: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010710114337.O43699@netrail.net> References: <20010709222057.35157.qmail@web14506.mail.yahoo.com> <20010709193637.H43699@netrail.net> <20010709190901.B203867@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010709190901.B203867@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>; from 01031149@3web.net on Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:09:01PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't know how it is up north, but I know here that they have to do something to the outside grey box (UNI/NNI? I can't remember the term), and then, if you get the 10BaseT here, they split the wiring from the 4 pair down to 2 - I believe that DSL uses the inside two wires (Sorry, forgot the colors) I know that the information wasn't too hard to find - google can be your friend here.. :) All in all, it doesn't seem too bad, like I said, I'm just lazy like that.. Regards, Christian On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:09:01PM -0600, Duke Normandin babbled: > > installation", and won't let you do it yourself. I recommend that if > > you're handy with telco wiring inside the house, buy the Alcatel A1000 > > external 10BaseT model from Ebay, and wire your home ports yourself. I, > > myself, am too lazy, but that seems to be the best bet. > > > > Regards, > > Christian > > Do you know what is involved in residential DSL wiring? I've done *lots* > of rough-ins, phone jacks etc but never DSL stuff. Can't be too > mind-boggling ;) Maybe there's a web site out there outlining the steps. > Anybody? TIA... ---end quoted text--- -- Christian Schreiber, Netrail Network Security Engineer - Ape will not kill Ape To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message