Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:11:45 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Verizon DSL Message-ID: <20020927100934.N45901-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <20020927130513.GA7455@keyslapper.org>
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You can usually tell from the modem you're using. The GTE one is a Fujitsu/Orkit and uses DHCP. The BellAtlantic one uses modems from Efficient Networks/Siemens, Westell and Alcatel and uses PPPoE. What was the name of the telco before it was Verizon, that's one way to tell. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Now I'm getting confused. I guess I'll have to be ready to set either > one up. > > > Thanks for the info guys. > > Lou > > On 09/26/02 09:52 PM, Vincent Poy sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:20:19 -0400 > > > Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Is PPP setup required? AFAIK, Verizon doesn't require an > > > > authname/authkey challenge, since it logs the Mac Address of the NIC, > > > > as well as the modem itself. I haven't been using PPP with AT&T for > > > > the last 4+ years, and it works well. > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > Lou > > > > > > It is possible that the service Verizon provides in your area is > > > different than one they privide here. Here Verizon DSL uses PPPoE and > > > ppp is definitely requited to connect. > > > > The way it works is the the Verizon known as BellAtlantic requires > > PPPoE while the Verizon known as GTE doesn't. BA uses a ATM network while > > GTE uses a Frame Relay based network. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ > > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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