From owner-freebsd-stable Wed May 19 9:51:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net (dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net [209.212.224.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC2F15083 for ; Wed, 19 May 1999 09:51:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andym@ntt.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.noc.cup.ndp.net [127.0.0.1]) by dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net (8.9.3/8.9.2) with SMTP id JAA61407; Wed, 19 May 1999 09:50:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andym@ntt.net) Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:50:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy McConnell To: Jonathan Frazier Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL?? In-Reply-To: <374228E3.DD646607@wolfnet-irc.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-2022-JP Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 May 1999, Jonathan Frazier wrote: }I am getting an ADSL connection set up this next week and need some }help/opinions. I have never done it on a FBSD system before. I am }running 3.2-stable as of last night. My options are the Cisco 675 }external ADSL modem or the 605 Internal ADSL modem. I'm not sure what's }out there for FBSD and ADSL and if my system can use the internal NIC. }Any suggestions would be appreciated. Go with external. Much more flexible, and you can choose a NIC that is known to work with FreeBSD. Besides, that way you can negotiate with your DSL provider to use the external "modem" as where they stop their support - don't let them mess with your FreeBSD machine! Success story: 3.1-RELEASE Using the Kingston 10/100 NIC that PacBell shipped! I use natd, works very well. I'm over 17,000 feet from the central office, and I can get 1.08Mbps max throughput (measured by fetching the latest version of netscape). Not too bad for $50/month. I had a small problem using a second 10/100 NIC and a 10/100 NIC on a windows box on the internal net through a 10mbps NetGear hub... but worked around it by forcing the windows box to use 10mbps in software. -andy -- Andy McConnell 真向練 安堵龍 Network and IP Service Division, NTT America "If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate." - M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message