Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:54:12 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: subbu 4u <subbu4u2004@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Broadband network connection Message-ID: <5DF4B3BC-130C-4D19-BC02-8CDA6B633864@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <486205.57316.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <486205.57316.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, Subburaj-- On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:36 AM, subbu 4u wrote: > My name is Subburaj from India, I bought a broadband internet connection and > tried to connect with Freebsd system, I edited the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf with my > username, password and i.p address that my ISP gave me but its not going > through. I tried to troubleshoot with freebsd handbook and also with forums but > its not working but my internet connection is working with windows 7 systems. > The freeBSD were able to detect my ethernet card as vr0 and also my external > modem is working with freebsd but there is no connection when I ping. Kindly > help. It's quite possible that you've got PPPoE involved; in which case the FreeBSD docs have the answer: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html Otherwise, a few more details about your config and what it looks like when working under Win7 would be helpful... Regards, -- -Chuck
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