Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 07:25:32 -0500 From: Chip Norkus <wd@arpa.com> To: Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Slightly off topic]: PPPoA Message-ID: <20020212122532.GB97810@arpa.com> In-Reply-To: <009001c1b3be$e2771e20$6401a8c0@gav.itworks.com.au> References: <009001c1b3be$e2771e20$6401a8c0@gav.itworks.com.au>
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On Tue Feb 12, 2002; 11:14PM +1100 Gavin Cameron propagated the following: > Hi all, > > The ADSL ISP I'm looking to move to uses PPP over ATM. > > My current ISP uses PPPoE which works great with FreeBSD userland ppp. > I pretty sure that my modem is operating in bridged mode with FreeBSD doing > all the PPPoE work. > > I beleive my modem, an Alcatel Speed Touch Home, can handle both PPPoA > and PPPoE. > > Now, part of the manual says... > > PPPoA > The other method to get in touch with the SP over the DSL line is PPPoA. > > PPPoA-to-PPTP Relaying > Similar to Bridged PPPoE this requires installation of a PPTP > dial-in application (*) on your PC(s). > (*) Most popular OSs have a PPTP dial-in application installed, e.g. > Microsoft > Dial-Up Networking, or support PPTP Tunneling software to be installed. > > I notice that there's a port called pptpclient-1.0 with a description of > "PPTP client for establishing a VPN link with an NT server". > > There seems to be a lot more to PPPoA than PPPoE and I'm a little confused. > That's not what you want. As a recent procurer of an Alcatel Speed Touch, I'd recommend you have a look in: /usr/ports/net/pppoa This is basically straight-up Alcatel Speed Touch USB support, with a pppoa program and examples of how to set up user-ppp with it and use your DSL. If your Speed Touch isn't a USB item, you can probably still use the pppoa2 and pppoa3 mechanisms a different way. > Can anyone give me any pointers to getting PPPoA working through my external > ADSL modem, which is connected to my box via ethernet, under FreeBSD 4.5? > Good luck! > Thanks very much in advance, > Gavin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus; c programmer of the apocalypse wd@arpa.com "question = (to) ? be : !be;" --Shakespeare http://telekinesis.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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