Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:25:54 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dsl stuff... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980119101217.12708A-100000@mybsd.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117212110.6065Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Doug White wrote: > FreeBSD will either use the media type specified in the program's setup, > the card's automatic determination, or appopriate ifconfig link / media > flags used. In other words: don't worry about it :) So just change the cabling, reboot and all should be fine. That I gotta see. :^) > If your cards all have UTP ports and you can send directly to your ISP > through the DSL link, then do you really need the router? Just buy a > cheap hub ($100 or so), plug the pairgain into the incoming port and the > other machines into the other ports. > Thats pretty much the setup I was thinking of. It would be easiest and cheapest to build here at home. > Since this is a router (after all), you can buy an Ethernet card to > plug the PairGain into; that can have a UTP port. Then route onto your > BNC network. Naw, easier to buy a cheapo hub and some UTP wire and just convert everything over. Though the BNC on my old Sun 3/60 might be a bit of a different story. But I'll cross that bridge (no pun intended) when I need to. ;)
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