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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:36:21 +1000
From:      "Tristan" <tristan@optushome.com.au>
To:        "Danny" <dannyh@idx.com.au>, "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PPPoE + ADSL (Telstra Bigpond) Question
Message-ID:  <001101c03cc3$f07654f0$0500a8c0@eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au>
References:  <F89uPDHOk1zooUbkhBs00001272@hotmail.com> <00102403361301.00347@freebsd.freebsd.org>

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whats faster optus cable telstra cabe telstra adsl
and what 500mb limit on unlimited what sort of speed do you get to all sorts
of sites and what ping times etc..
i am on optus cable and looking at telstra dsl just want to know what kB/s
you get and if your happy with the servace and if i have any interuptions in
servaces or manny problems.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny" <dannyh@idx.com.au>
To: "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: PPPoE + ADSL (Telstra Bigpond) Question


> You should ponder on using Iprimus which gives you unlimited downloads at
$110
> per month.
>
> Whereas Telstra gives you a 500mb limit download.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Aaron Hill wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been struggling with a new ADSL connection (using PPPoE) from a
4.1.1
> > Release system. Can anyone help me with it please?
> >
> > I have been through the man pages, FreeBSD handbook and many usenet
posts.
> > I've got a custom kernel running and have netgraph statically compiled
in
> > the kernel (I've tried using it as modules too). I've tried a few
different
> > ethernet interfaces and different IP numbering of the interfaces and
I've
> > tried multiple configurations of ppp.conf. I can attach any info you
think
> > might help you help me but I'll keep it lite for now.
> >
> > What I think it comes down to is this. My ISP (Telstra Bigpond in
Australia)
> > has one access concentrator, called nkt1-kent, which offers multiple
> > services, the one I need is called bigpond. These details are consistant
> > with the Windows software (EnterNet) and Linux software (Roaring
Penguins
> > PPPoE) I have had working previously over this link. Unfortunately I
don't
> > have a tcpdump of the Windows & Linux discovery traffic but here's what
> > FreeBSDs looks like...
> >
> > 13:16:45.444478 0:20:35:73:59:e6 Broadcast 8863 39: PPPoE PADI
[Service-Name
> > "bigpond"] [Host-Uniq UTF8]
> >
> > 13:16:45.503271 0:90:39:47:0:3f 0:20:35:73:59:e6 8863 179: PPPoE PADO
> > [Service-Name] [Service-Name "telstra"] [Service-Name "cmux"]
[Service-Name
> > "bigpond"] [Service-Name "n7061992k"] [Service-Name "n2155202k"]
> > [Service-Name "n2155201k"]
> >
> > 13:16:45.503342 0:20:35:73:59:e6 0:90:39:47:0:3f 8863 52: PPPoE PADR
> > [Service-Name "bigpond"] [AC-Name "nkt1-kent"] [Host-Uniq UTF8]
> >
> > 13:16:45.561031 0:90:39:47:0:3f 0:20:35:73:59:e6 8863 62: PPPoE PADS
> > [Service-Name-Error "SvcName Tag Error"] [AC-Name "nkt1-kent"]
[Host-Uniq
> > UTF8]
> >
> >
> > ... what's going on? As I read the traffic the AC offers it's services
> > ((PADO) one of which FreeBSD accepts (PADR) only to have the AC respond
that
> > the Service Name (or it's tag) is incorrect. Yet the service name
requested
> > in the PADR frame is one of those offered in the previous PADO frame.
The
> > connection doesn't get any further than this (FreeBSD keeps trying to
accept
> > the service but keeps getting rejected).
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Aaron Hill
> >
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