From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 07:49:22 2007 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 2E81516A522 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:49:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass@teledomenet.gr) Received: from smtp.teledomenet.gr (smtp.teledomenet.gr [213.142.128.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9BDD13C4DA for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:49:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass@teledomenet.gr) Received: by smtp.teledomenet.gr (Postfix, from userid 58) id 732201421D5; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:49:15 +0300 (EEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on smtp.teledomenet.gr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from iris (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by smtp.teledomenet.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1ED1421C7; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:49:12 +0300 (EEST) From: Nikos Vassiliadis To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:51:57 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <471D5D11.3090201@dreamchaser.org> <200710231205.09703.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <471E37C0.5040702@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <471E37C0.5040702@dreamchaser.org> X-NCC-RegID: gr.telehouse MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200710241051.58064.nvass@teledomenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:49:22 -0000 On Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:04:48 freebsd@dreamchaser.org wrote: > This is a zyxel 642r modem; I can't try my other modem, a cisco 678, > because it doesn't support a vci > 63. Oh cisco :) Be thankful to cisco for not creating other proprietary protocols to replace the existing ATM/DSL combination :) > > The modem is set to use VC-based multiplexing, vpi=0, vci=100 > These are the parameters used for PPPoE, and I presume are still > required as part of the ATM layer when bridging. > > I am assuming there should be no need for my ISP to be notified that I > am trying to use bridging in the modem, since it should be transparent > on their end. They claim not to support bridging, but I don't see how > they can say that, other than that they don't want to deal with the > support issues. Is this a reasonable assumption? My knowledge about ATM is minimal. So, I don't realy know how to answer to your question about bridging being transparent to the ISP. But I can tell you for sure that ISPs do not bother if you cannot connect using FreeBSD and PPPoE. You are mainly on your own. I assume that if you use the same settings your modem uses to do PPPoE it won't make a difference to the ISP end. You said you had wrong encapsulation type. Did you make any progress? > The packets are clearly reaching the modem, as it records them as > received. Can you also check the number of cells going out/coming in from the ATM interface? Nikos