Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:45:03 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> Subject: Re: FTP installation from the floppies through ADSL modem with PPPoE or PPTP protocol. Message-ID: <3E02BC6F.60501@pantherdragon.org> References: <20021220002519.2f3fb58a.rpratt1950@earthlink.net>
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Randy Pratt wrote: > Darren wrote: >>Andrew wrote: >>>On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Asker wrote: >>> >>>>The modem can be configured to use PPPoE or PPTP protocol for making the >>>>connection with my Internet Servise Provider. >>> >>>Well if the modem does PPPoE itself (and preusmably NAT) then you need no >>>speical support from the OS. From its poitn of view you are just conencted >>>via ethernet. >> >>If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to >>work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need >>to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies. > > Happily, kernel configuration is no longer necessary for PPPoE. If the > necessary netgraph support is not built into the kernel, it will be > dynamically loaded by ppp (See handbook section on PPPoE). Yes, but with floppies, the kernel modules aren't available, are they? Am I missing something? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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