Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:13:44 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> Subject: Re: FreeBSD box/ADSL link config Message-ID: <B441C29D-AA47-448E-8DA6-FA33ED0062B3@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <466F1E9D.7070803@locolomo.org> References: <466DA9E0.8040207@locolomo.org> <200706121249.53906.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <68FAFDB9-DDCA-4A88-B1EA-26882AD3893F@mac.com> <466F1E9D.7070803@locolomo.org>
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On Jun 12, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Erik Norgaard wrote: >> Just a note of caution about this specific point, against an >> admirable & detailed reply-- from what I understand from another >> mailing list is that the newer versions of the Speedtouch DSL >> modems no longer have the capability of acting in "bridging" mode >> and will always run in the 1-to-1 NAT translation mode. > > Thanks Chuck, the Speedtouch I have has two modes PPPoE and RFC > 1483, however, entering RFC 1483 mode it requested that I enter the > public IP!? I think that you need to enter that only if you actually have a static IP, rather than a dynamically assigned IP via DHCP or PPPoE negotiation. If the USB modem device is actually running correctly in bridging mode, ithen t doesn't need to have an IP assigned to it-- whatever handles PPPoE, such as your FreeBSD box running ppp or something like a Linksys/D-Link/etc broadband router, will get assigned an dynamic publically-routable IP address. Make sure you've set your MTU for that interface down to 1492 if you are using PPPoE. -- -Chuck
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