Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 11:34:42 -0800 From: Brian Schieber <schieb@centurytel.net> To: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD DSL setup questions Message-ID: <3A577352.7D150E63@centurytel.net> References: <00f601c077a4$683c5460$029b140a@danco>
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Many thanks. Got it going with the help of Andrei Zaitsau and your very helpful web page. Ended up rebuilding the Kernel for PPPoE. Flying now! -Brian Dan O'Connor wrote: > > [Copy of off-list response for archive purposes...] > > >I see with my CenturyTel DSL setup in Windows, they are using the > >PPPoE protocol. Does that mean I must configure FreeBSD in this > >manner? > > Yes, I think you have to use User-ppp (see 'man 8 ppp') for PPPoE support. > > >In step 6 (netstat -rn) should I see an assigned gateway when using DHCP? > >Are there any other diagnostics I could run, besides ping, to see discover > >the problem? > > Boy, it's been awhile since I had a DHCP address...I'm not really sure, but > I *think* it should automagically get set by dhclient when it gets a DHCP > lease... > > But, since you have PPPoE, User-PPP will handle this for you. While I > haven't used ppp in PPPoE mode, I have used it for a regular modem, so you > may find the Sheet on PPP > (http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sheet.cgi?ppp) somewhat helpful, at > least for setting up firewall rules (Use the filter capabilities of ppp for > firewalling, rather than ipfw or ipfilter). > > Also, when DSL lines started to become really popular about a year ago, > there was a lot of chatter on the mailing lists about PPPoE. So be sure to > check out the FreeBSD mailing list archives too. (Start here: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=PPPoE&max=100&sort=score&index=r > ecent&source=freebsd-questions) > > Hope this gets you on the right track... > > --Dan > > -- > Dan O'Connor > On Matters of Most Grave Concern > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com > FreeBSD Cheat Sheets > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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