Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:29:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD lacks PPPoE (pppoa3 solution) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307101327490.40558-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20030710210621.GC652@gw.tex.bogus>
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I'm confused.. FreeBSD has had full PPPoE support for about 4 years. there is also PPPoA support.. why do you think there is not? On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > Hello to all, > > I'm using FreeBSD for almost 4 years and I will continue with it because > I can't find better. > > I subscribed to a ADSL connection in Portugal that supports only PPPoE > (and not PPPoA). > > Almost everyone in Portugal uses only 2 modems (supported by ISPs): > Siemens Santis USB and Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 USB. > > Linux people has already support to Alcatel USB modems with PPPoE > connections and FreeBSD still lacks of PPPoE support. > > I don't like Linux so, to solve my home network problem, I install a > Windows machine to share the Internet (ooops!) across my LAN. > > The new Speedtouch 1.2 beta2 driver (http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/index.php?/news.en.html), > already support Bridging 1483 mode (PPPoE support) in pppoa3 but without > use in FreeBSD. > > Please read the following thread to see some solutions for implementing > PPPoE in FreeBSD. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/speedtouch@ml.free.fr/msg04514.html > > For what you can see in this thread: > > "...that task is simply a matter of two or three #ifdefs for each > BSD flavor, but nobody seems volunteering to accomplish it." > > I'm just a FreeBSD user not a programmer or hacker, so I can only help > FreeBSD community asking you to try to implement PPPoE in FreeBSD so > everyone uses it. > > > > Thanks very much for your great work, > > Nuno Teixeira > > -- > > /* > PGP fingerprint: > C6D1 06ED EB54 A99C 6B14 6732 0A5D 810D 727D F6C6 > */ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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