From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 17:06:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 82A2616A4DD for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D1643D49 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:06:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from frontend3.internal (frontend3.internal [10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519ECD92F77 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:44:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by frontend3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:44:35 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: P6b1UW4hsnqlo/tG9BeTgnyk8X/vfthZHkL7Rlbt6bSn 1154450674 Received: from [192.168.1.2] (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5B27867 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:44:34 -0400 (EDT) From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:44:26 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060731041532.50021.qmail@web55115.mail.re4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060731041532.50021.qmail@web55115.mail.re4.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608011744.27799.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Subject: Re: How to make ADSL modem conections FBSD 6.1 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: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:06:49 -0000 On Monday 31 July 2006 05:15, Bryan Bonifacio wrote: > Hi JC, > > I suggest you have your ADSL modem changed to a > non-USB one (an ethernet one instead). Those are much > easier to configure and you could connect them > directly to your router. > > I used to have a USB ADSL modem myself but had it > changed so I wouldn't have to deal with them (I wasn't > sure if they were compatible anyways). I imagine your > ISP has an etherenet ADSL modem available. The most straightforward solution is an Ethernet ADSL-router. Ethernet modems are fine if you live in a part of the world where PPPoE is the normal way of delivering ADSL, otherwise there are pitfalls. USB modem drivers are a problem with FreeBSD, there's an Alcatel driver in the port net/pppoa, and there is an Eagle chipset driver here: http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ueagle/faq.html