From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 15:41:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289D337B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.clubplus.net (ns1.clubplus.net [216.191.22.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2044443E70 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:41:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29]) by www.clubplus.net (8.11.4/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g76MUIB05754; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:30:19 -0400 Received: from skytrackercanada.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g76MX0uq000472; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:33:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) From: "David Banning" To: Mike Tancsa , David Banning Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl modem suggestions Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:33:00 +0900 Message-Id: <20020806183300.M10093@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20020801030135.A54643@skytrackercanada.com> <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 1.63 20020319 X-OriginatingIP: 209.188.66.29 (dave) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:53:34 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions > you > >In my case, my DSL provider -sold- me the modem, but he also said that > >I didn't have to get it from him. He said I could use -any- brand that > >I wanted. Given your explanation, that would be "any modem as long as > >it falls within such-and-such parameters." > > > > It might just be a bad unit, or you dont have the right amount of phone > filters or the filters are in the wrong place. We (an ISP) have used > Alcatel, Efficient, Daewoo and g.net, Cisco and by far the lowest return > rate we have had are with the GVC/Gnets. I have talked to GVC tech support about this. I operate in MPoA bridged mode and my unix box connects with ppp. They say that PPPoe mode is a better mode because the modem stores the logon and password in memory and handles it's own ppp connection. If that is the case I don't know how to connect to the modem and GVC tech support is lost here because they don't know unix. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message