Date: 14 May 2002 12:13:39 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Matt <mattl3@earthlink.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help on PPPOE Message-ID: <1021344223.5058.5.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000f01c1fad5$46e49c90$4e76cb3f@ssn> References: <000f01c1fad5$46e49c90$4e76cb3f@ssn>
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On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 08:54, Matt wrote: > I was trying to use FreeBSD4.5 with pppoe to dial through DSL modem. But > according handbook, there must be through Ethernet interface, yet I found > the DSL modem used a usb interface. it seems no driver can recognize this > usb device as Ethernet interface. how will this situation works for FreeBSD > notebook to connect to internet through a usb DSL modem. Your only hope for USB is to try the net/pppoa port. It only works with Alcatel Speedtouch USB devices. I've never used it - good luck :) (I have an ethernet ADSL modem) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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