Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:23:44 -0500 From: "C J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net> To: <courtney@whtz.com>, "Leo Krajewski" <krajewskil@my-Deja.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bell Atlantic InfoSpeed DSL (PPPoE) Message-ID: <009e01bf7db5$c9bfb540$0200000a@weeble.dyndns.org> References: <8525688B.001B8F0D.00@mail.whtz.com>
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Then either you're one of the lucky customers who signed up 6 months to a year ago, or your "borrowing" someone else's IP address. All receint BA customers are PPPoE. Oh, and don't worry. That static IP will be taken away from you sometime in the next few months. :) -Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <courtney@whtz.com> To: "Leo Krajewski" <krajewskil@my-Deja.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 12:01 AM Subject: Re: Bell Atlantic InfoSpeed DSL (PPPoE) > > > you shouldn't have to run PPPoE at all. I have a static IP address on my > DSL circuit at home, with a 3Com 3C905 series NIC card, I just installed > the NIC like any other and configured the IP information and I was up and > running. There is no need to use PPP at all, the DSL modem acts as a > network interface. There shouldn't be any traps that you could fall in, as > this is all pretty much straight forward. > > Bernie > > > > > "Leo Krajewski" <krajewskil@my-Deja.com> on 02/19/2000 11:31:08 PM > > > > To: questions@freebsd.org > > cc: (bcc: Bernard Courtney/z100) > > > > Subject: Re: Bell Atlantic InfoSpeed DSL (PPPoE) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I had a sneeking feeling that I was making > some bonehead mistake. Perhaps a couple more questions might point to my > errors. > > First, does the sample ppp.conf in the PPPoE section of the handbook work > as is (with the obvious user id & passwd changes, of course)? What changes > have people made to it for their setups to work? Any obvious (or not so) > traps people have fallen into? > > Second, what should the ifconfig_xx line in rc.conf read for the NIC being > used for the DSL connection? > > Thanks again for the help. I'm relatively new to FreeBSD so this has been > a learning experience. :) > > Leo > > -- > > On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 22:07:38 courtney wrote: > > > > > >you shouldn't have to run anything special, BA infospeed is just a NIC > card > >with the external blue or white DSL modem i have it all set up and working > >just fine. > > > > > >bernie > > > > > > > > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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