Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:44:50 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Skip Ford <skip@menantico.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0R && ADSL Message-ID: <20090111132334.S21590@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20090110210250.GA894@menantico.com> References: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> <20090110152531.GA32657@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20090110210250.GA894@menantico.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1795683103-1231641890=:21590 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Skip Ford wrote: > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > El día Saturday, January 10, 2009 a las 05:54:56AM -0500, Skip Ford escribió: > > > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > What kind of software I could use in FreeBSD? There is some port > > > > net/rp-pppoe but the man pages speaks about incoming connections? > > > > What else? > > > > > > Are you having problems using ppp(8)? PPPoE has been just another > > > dialup connection for years. Example configurations are available in > > > /usr/share/examples/ppp. > > > > > > If you really want a port, net/mpd is the way to go. ppp(8) is userland > > > while mpd is kernel. I wish it was in base. I was going to say that being in ports isn't too far away, but then realised that unless it's in base it can't be used for installation .. so +1 on that wish. > > Thanks for all the hints. The problem was that for many years I have > > only used 'normal' pppd connections (over modems, ISDN or UMTS), but > > never PPPoE. So I went to the ports and did search 'name=pppoe' and > > ended up in net/rp-pppoe and was confused. It seems that just ppp(8) is > > what I have to use. Thx again. > > Yeah, pppd(8) doesn't do PPPoE AFAIK. In addition to the examples I > already posted, there's a PPPoE section in the handbook which covers > everything instead of just ppp.conf: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html That section maybe could suggest mpd as an alternative, too. When I first was setting up for pppoe Bruce Simpson strongly urged me to try mpd instead, which was advice that I'm still appreciating. Last I heard, pppd(8) was getting close to being deprecated (not to suggest that ppp(8) using pppoe is in any similar state of neglect) cheers, Ian --0-1795683103-1231641890=:21590--
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