Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 21:22:56 -0400 From: "John" <j.telford@sympatico.ca> To: "alexis georges" <floating_in_space_@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Sympatico ADSL connection through a hub Message-ID: <000801c26e69$3b88d5c0$0a00000a@johnny2k> References: <F39yjNIiHFzc01cioT100014c57@hotmail.com>
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Try these links: http://free.mine.nu/~squirrel/PPPoE/FreeBSD%20PPPoE%20Howto.htm http://www.freebsddiary.org/pppoe.php http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/freebsd/pppoe/ JT. ----- Original Message ----- From: "alexis georges" <floating_in_space_@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: Sympatico ADSL connection through a hub > Hello, > This is my first message posted to the list..hehehe > anyways, i used to have a simple cable connection, which would be > automatically comfigured by FreeBSD upon installation..I just moved and now > we have an ADSL connection (from Sympatico).. The connection is not > configured automatically..so i looked on the web for a solution. I found a > few pages explaining that i had to recompile my kernel with a few lines such > as 'options NETGRAPH'..and that i had to write some info into the ppp.conf > file..i did those things but apparently it doesn't work..I am not sure how > to work this out..cuz all the solutions i found were the same.. > So i will explain exactly how i am connected to the internet.. > > 1. I have an ethernet card connected to a hub. > 2. This hub is itself connected to the actual modem that we received from > Sympatico. > > On Windowsl, the conection wont work unless the connection type is set to > 10Mb Half-Duplex..so i am guessing it should be the same on FreeBSD.. > also, the address is supposed to be obtained dynamically..(on windows it > says the address has been obtrained by DHCP, however, during FreeBSD > installation, it fails to find the parameter for the connection)does that > mean that instead of the 10.0.0.1 address teh solution form the web gave me, > i should put the address that i am using on windows (even though it shouild > be a dynamic address?) > Anyways, i would really like to be able to fix this..if anyone could help, > that would be great..i wanna get rid of windows > > Thank You > Alexis > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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