Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:25:31 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Skip Ford <skip@menantico.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0R && ADSL Message-ID: <20090110152531.GA32657@rebelion.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com> References: <20090109083642.GA7507@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20090110105455.GA932@menantico.com>
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El día Saturday, January 10, 2009 a las 05:54:56AM -0500, Skip Ford escribió: > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > What kind of software I could use in FreeBSD? There is some port > > net/rp-pppoe but the man pages speaks about incoming connections? > > What else? > > Are you having problems using ppp(8)? PPPoE has been just another > dialup connection for years. Example configurations are available in > /usr/share/examples/ppp. > > If you really want a port, net/mpd is the way to go. ppp(8) is userland > while mpd is kernel. I wish it was in base. Thanks for all the hints. The problem was that for many years I have only used 'normal' pppd connections (over modems, ISDN or UMTS), but never PPPoE. So I went to the ports and did search 'name=pppoe' and ended up in net/rp-pppoe and was confused. It seems that just ppp(8) is what I have to use. Thx again. matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ SPAMer of the year: Subject: Alle Software ist Deutsche Sprachen >From: -40 % die Neujahrsaktion <GabrielleKelley@grungecafe.com>
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