Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 08:58:31 +0200 From: Michael Radzewitz <Michael.Radzewitz@freenet-ag.de> To: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: help for ADSL connection Message-ID: <E07E5FD109B8D411842200508BD3C5E6C2BD92@staff.freenet-ag.de>
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Hello, you can't use an ADSL connection with the normal ppp deamon. So you have to built or use the PPPoE-Software instead. Your second question got the answer straight away. If you don't use the PPP-Software you can't take advantage (or disadvantage) of it's built in Address-Translation. michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Lee, Jaeho [mailto:Jaeho.Lee@brooks.com] > Gesendet: Montag, 2. April 2001 19:59 > An: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Betreff: help for ADSL connection > > > Hello, > > This is first question to this news group. I am setting FreeBSD as my > gateway to internet for my home network. I got several > resources over the > net. But I am little bit confused which one to use. > > I am connecting Verizon ADSL. It is ADSL connected to one of > Ethernet card > of FreeBSD box. > 1) Should I use PPP or PPPoE? > 2) For home networking, should I use IPFW & NATD or ppp's NAT > facility? > > Your answer will save tremendous time. > > Thanks in advance. > /Jaeho Lee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Johnson [mailto:djohnson@acuson.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:25 PM > To: Joe Warner > Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Video Player > > > Joe Warner wrote: > > > > Can anyone recommend a good movie player for FreeBSD 4.2 that > > will play multiple formats like MPEG, AVI, etc.? > > If you don't need the best performance/quality for each format, then > aKtion works. It's kind of lame on MPEG though. xmovie seems > pretty good > for MPEG, but I don't think it does other formats. > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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