Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:16:20 -0500 From: "Bara Zani" <bara_zani@yahoo.com> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Message-ID: <01b401c16de8$86096f10$7000a8c0@kushkush> References: <3.0.5.32.20011114192000.00fbf8a8@mail.sage-american.com> <003001c16db5$6c953330$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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> Instead of a second NIC, add a DSL router (a router that is designed to have a > DSL modem on one side and your LAN on the other) to your LAN and use it as your --- but where's the fun in that ? > gateway. Only about $100, and the money you spend on it will cost much less > than the time you'd spend configuring one of your machines to act as a gateway. ---- configuring the gateway will take 15 minutes ( 10 if you use vi more than once a day ) > More secure, too (there are far fewer potential holes in a simple router than in > a full OS running as a gateway). ------ ipfilter + ppp security - no way ( IMHO ) I tinkered with FreeBSD for a while trying to > set it up as a gateway, and finally got tired of it and just bought the router, > which works fine out of the box, with virtually no setup. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jacks@sage-american.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 02:20 > Subject: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs > > > > We have a small LAN about to be set up on a DSL connection which is > > activated. The LAN is currently sharing an ISDN Internet connection (not > > used for incoming remotes). The gateway machine (192.168.0.1) is running > > Win2K. There are several Win2K stations on the LAN and a couple of FreeBSDs > > running 4.4, on manually assigned. The DSL is an external modem via PPPoE. > > The LAN is connected via Hub. Each box has a RealTek 8139 on device rl0. > > > > We want to install the DSL in one of the FreeBSD boxes (192.168.0.202) to > > use with the > > DSL (and change to the gateway in place of the Win2K). here's how the > > ifconfig -a > > looks now: > > > > ********************************************************************* > > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet6 fe80::240:33ff:fe57:92dd%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > inet 192.168.0.202 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > ether 00:40:33:57:92:dd > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > > faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > ********************************************************************* > > > > A second NIC card (D-Link DFE-530TX+) will be added for the DSL modem and > > it loads as > > device r11 (without modem connected yet). > > > > The "tun" devices are made and ready.... and 4.4 loads netgraph support I > > believe without need to build into the kernel. > > > > QUESTION: > > Does anyone listening have a similar setup as planned above...DSL PPP over > > PPPoE with two NICs (1 for the modem and 1 for the LAN) and if so, may I > > see your ppp.conf file... and what else should I worry about? > > > > I have read all of the many papers/guides (including Renaud Waldura's > > paper). Any added tips would be VERY welcome as I really want to use BSD > > rather than Win2K..... many t > > > > Best regards, > > Jack L. Stone, > > Server Admin > > > > Sage-American > > http://www.sage-american.com > > jacks@sage-american.com > > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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