From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 21 19:46:26 2004 Return-Path: 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 1642316A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out007.verizon.net (out007pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.107]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A173043D48 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:46:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cnl1@mchsi.com) Received: from racerx.makeworld.com ([66.15.174.20]) by out007.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040422024625.HIN28276.out007.verizon.net@racerx.makeworld.com> for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:46:25 -0500 From: Chris To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:46:24 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <408721FE.7030902@verizon.net> <000e01c4280e$31159e10$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> <200404211938.53074.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200404211938.53074.kstewart@owt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404212146.24405.cnl1@mchsi.com> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out007.verizon.net from [66.15.174.20] at Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:46:24 -0500 Subject: Re: verizon dsl connexn X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:46:26 -0000 On Wednesday 21 April 2004 09:38 pm, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Wednesday 21 April 2004 07:04 pm, Mike Maltese wrote: > > > i have verizon dsl service using macronix nic. free bsd unleashed > > > book, man pages and install man dont say how to set this up. my > > > provider gives dns address automatically. linux rpppoe works fine. > > > does bsd have equivalent? i can boot into grub but get warning > > > about not being connected to bsd.... other than dsl internet > > > service i am not networked per se so network setup questions are > > > difficult to answer. > > > > As far as I know, Verizon uses DHCP to assign addresses, etc. You > > shouldn't need to fool with PPPoE. > > Take a look here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dhc > >p.html > > It depends on the account and location. It is my understanding that most > of the Western USA just uses simple dhcp. > > Kent > I'll agree here with Kent. I had Verizon's residential DSL and upgraded to a bus. acct. I'm in Illinois, and that falls under the Verizon West for DNS etc. My config was simply ensuring fxp0 was set to DHCP. IE: ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf and dhclient did the rest. -- Best regards, Chris