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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:45:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ben Pepa <bpepa@msn.bc.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ADSL with FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980211104410.1284P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210214708.26338A-100000@freight.msn.bc.ca>

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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Ben Pepa wrote:

> > ADSL in the United States is evolving so you have an independent box that
> > has an DSL port and an ethernet port.
> > 
> > Can you get more details from the provider?  What type of device is it? An
> > internal card or standalone box?
> 
> They told me it is a ADSL modem (external standalone like you regular
> 28.8 modem) that has the copper RJ-11 phone jack which spilts into to
> lines: 1 RJ-11 Phone line for standard telephone calls and the other is a
> RJ-45 10BaseT Ethernet connection for your computer.  3 Jacks total.  They
> won't tell me much more about it... 

OK, you have the same that we have.  I don't know about logging in, but if
you have Ethernet out there should be no further action required on your
part.  You might have to go into the modem and poke it to start the
connection.  See if you can get a hold of a tech.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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