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From:      "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net>
To:        Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange DSL/NAT Problem...
Message-ID:  <20010211112643.C277@arrakis.desert-power.org>
In-Reply-To: <005001c093b9$d7bc0430$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 06:36:22PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102101649210.3971-100000@cody.jharris.com> <005001c093b9$d7bc0430$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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Matt,

I too am trying to use PPPoE here with a DSL modem connection and am
confused about the outside/inside interface scheme here since my DSL
modem/bridge/router assigns the routing information to my first
network interface (ep0) using DHCP. I am still trying to get PPPoE to
work as well.

Mark

On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 06:36:22PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Trenton Schulz wrote:
> > > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Nick Rogness wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > helpful info:
> > > > > dc0 is set up for outside world, fxp0 is the inside card, all the
> clients
> > > > > point to it for its gateway...
> > > > > /etc/rc.conf:
> > > > > ifconfig_dc0="inet 216.239.11.77 netmask 255.255.255.252"
> > > > > ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.100.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > > > > defaultrouter="216.239.11.76"
> > > >
> > > > 216.239.11.76 is an illegal IP for the given subnet range, it lies
> > > > on a subnet boundary.  You have something wrong with your outside
> > > > ip range.  Double check your provider's numbers.  Available
> > > > ranges, .72/30 .76/30 .80/30 etc etc etc.
> > >
> > > I don't doubt you, but, well, I double checked and those numbers are
> correct.
> > > 216.239.11.76 is the IP for DSL Modem.  Would it be okay then?
> 
> I may be wrong, but with any DSL stuff I've played with, the IP of the "DSL
> modem" is actually the IP you give to the Ethernet card to which the DSL
> modem is actually attached.  The modem is just a bridge which doesn't need
> an IP.  The only problem I can forsee is how your NIC (dc0) would find out
> what the ISP's router (the default router) is, since you don't seem to be
> using PPPoE or DHCP.
> 
> --
> Matt Emmerton
> 
> 
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