From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 16:26:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B28E16A41B for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:26:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fia_wrc_fanatic@yahoo.com) Received: from web51812.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51812.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.39.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 295CB13C481 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:26:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fia_wrc_fanatic@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 95886 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Sep 2007 15:59:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=xKAIC05OF5JV5ffFgIliFKM8/KLHbv6gAH820o9QzP3tZW8Kzq6YqkahqqMss0zur7CAQMYLOmVjdwFOFQ/cYidyPind+KIeh0rvygyU7KTxusUGM5nRZA1XkjnU50MKd9ERPaasVvL5P3rWh+eV1ZMh1ZqIs72Men3lZPgn2yo=; X-YMail-OSG: WPv6sr4VM1nVd8C9_dwFndAIo.Hf06FIcRWRcXwksANwnVPdMamrp1TvrJWrCH2oddhI1UbtooDsDJSAJqdK4fAnKxsEL3yQB_ErxE1FQ2CMeIi4SeC_653IFmRKDg-- Received: from [199.231.48.128] by web51812.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:59:32 PDT Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:59:32 -0700 (PDT) From: asdf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <360937.95675.qm@web51812.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Subject: Installing FreeBSD using a PPPoE connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:26:14 -0000 Does the FreeBSD 6.2 installer support a network install over an ethernet interface connected to a DSL modem using a PPPoE connection? I am switching ISPs from a cable-based provider to a DSL-based provider and would like to install FreeBSD on an old PC to set it up as a router/firewall for my home network. And since this old PC does not have a CD-ROM drive I'd like to a network install using PPPoE. But I haven't been able to find any current information on how to accomplish this. There used to be an (unofficial) page by Randy Pratt: "Installing FreeBSD Using PPPoE": but it's no longer there. Any help/advice is appreciated. Thanks! PS: I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC: me on all replies/follow-ups. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222