From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 13:28:16 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 6A56F16A41A for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01E113C4B5 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so60478ugf for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:28:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KwR9lWPni1YFl2QrmfPGChdPLZ16lqhi1kD6q/N2CFvqATGHR2cPcU0gJH05kw0gxz2fx4iCXcX4vKfLcsR+3Se2MDQ41ZHysBMJcyl1hG9I/0W0SwmGbjmo5Ztzxz6NrpVXqMMcq3SK6AyJzRy3CwEl09EMFV7DoGBWC4QOhIA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=d43Vbu/TnSpkelW06BbP4gH15I/MjTnB5aGg8eS72x4iq7xnWYEUwMm/nMw2GW3wm/r9s3h/8hLCF6YA86D0W64xctU+6/OLSKO5Cu/Yw5MKVXH6RYpYUch7Z0tcIn2BPUu65tzRzJ63cTB5kFSYc2K9onchfD41tyOWSCiiA7s= Received: by 10.78.146.11 with SMTP id t11mr365648hud.1188394085710; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:28:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.123.111? ( [84.0.109.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z32sm3268915hub.2007.08.29.06.28.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:28:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46D57466.2060103@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:28:06 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46D5391F.5060502@gmail.com> <200708291252.27513.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <6d62f69a0708290302t123736cfibd7b5b81b256c24d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6d62f69a0708290302t123736cfibd7b5b81b256c24d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: i can't get ppp running 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, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:16 -0000 Bahman M. wrote: > Once I had a similar problem on a Linux box (send OK/no receive) and > after days of playing with settings and configurations I found that > the problem was the network _cable_. I replaced the cable and it went > fine without any additional configurations. > > Hope this helps. > > Bahman Thank for the suggestion, I've got PPP! I too don't know why but I've switched cables and some of them worked for ppp, some of them didn't. But for basic network flow, they all work. WTF? Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > > > > LAN]--[Microsoft Windows XP w/ routing]--[Dialcom ADSL Bridge]--[line > > //WORKS LAN]----[Corega BAR SD hardware router]--[Dialcom ADSL > > Bridge]--[line //WORKS LAN]----------[FreeBSD software router]--[Dialcom > > ADSL Bridge]--[line //SUCKS :) > > > > What does FreeBSD suck at? > > I know FreeBSD PPPoE doesn't suck for sure. Also, if FreeBSD > doesn't work for you, that doesn't have to mean it's broken. > What I was trying to get at is that the internet connection can be made with the hardware router. Which means either that that ADSL modem is in bridging mode already, or it does not need to be in it at all, but FreeBSD requires some wtf. Thx again