Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:50:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy McConnell <andym@ntt.net> To: Jonathan Frazier <wolfnet@wolfnet-irc.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.990519094353.60296H-100000@dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net> In-Reply-To: <374228E3.DD646607@wolfnet-irc.org>
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On Tue, 18 May 1999, Jonathan Frazier wrote:
}I am getting an ADSL connection set up this next week and need some
}help/opinions. I have never done it on a FBSD system before. I am
}running 3.2-stable as of last night. My options are the Cisco 675
}external ADSL modem or the 605 Internal ADSL modem. I'm not sure what's
}out there for FBSD and ADSL and if my system can use the internal NIC.
}Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Go with external. Much more flexible, and you can choose a NIC that
is known to work with FreeBSD. Besides, that way you can negotiate with
your DSL provider to use the external "modem" as where they stop their
support - don't let them mess with your FreeBSD machine!
Success story:
3.1-RELEASE
Using the Kingston 10/100 NIC that PacBell shipped!
I use natd, works very well.
I'm over 17,000 feet from the central office, and I can get
1.08Mbps max throughput (measured by fetching the latest version of
netscape). Not too bad for $50/month.
I had a small problem using a second 10/100 NIC and a 10/100 NIC
on a windows box on the internal net through a 10mbps NetGear hub... but
worked around it by forcing the windows box to use 10mbps in software.
-andy
--
Andy McConnell 真向練 安堵龍
Network and IP Service Division, NTT America
"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low
crime rate."
- M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
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