Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:39:58 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Benny Goemans <benny.goemans@telenet.be> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL for use on server Message-ID: <20050608230958.GV64194@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <004a01c56c4e$b8dfa2c0$0200a8c0@bennypc> References: <004a01c56c4e$b8dfa2c0$0200a8c0@bennypc>
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--XWqhgrJxjqYWRdId Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Single line paragraphs. On Wednesday, 8 June 2005 at 19:23:01 +0200, Benny Goemans wrote: > Hi, > > I'm switching from cable to ADSL in a month and I was wondering what > (kind of) modem I should best go for. Would it best be one that > connects to a NIC or to USB. ADSL 2 is coming, with line speeds of up to 24 Mb/s. I don't think a USB NIC would do very well with that kind of speed, but maybe I'm just being biased. > I'm now using a (console) NAT & proxy server, with which I should be > certain it works. For this, I would like to have some possibility to > automatically dial at boot time (or if the modem takes care of that, > even better). The ADSL connections I know don't dial. > Should someone be using an ADSL modem on this kind of connection, > would it be possible to tell some more about it? I've just been through the business of setting up an ADSL connection with a class C network routed via an IP tunnel. See my experience at http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jun2005.html#7. Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html The virus contained in this message was not detected. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --XWqhgrJxjqYWRdId Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCp3rGIubykFB6QiMRAq55AJ4uMbphCHnwehGdpJWbf8d0AowwXQCgrY+v NE+mWZaeJUodIislwoswGbc= =VY4l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XWqhgrJxjqYWRdId--
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