From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 2 17:38:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168F514A2D for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 17:38:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-14-209.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.14.209]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA13928; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 19:37:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA60766; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 18:58:50 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199908022358.SAA60766@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Paul T. Root" Cc: capdevie@Haas.Berkeley.EDU, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: DSL network connectivity, please. In-reply-to: Message from "Paul T. Root" of "Mon, 02 Aug 1999 08:26:52 CDT." <199908021326.IAA13575@iaces.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 18:58:50 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Paul T. Root" writes: > In a previous message, David Kelly said: > > > > You have a static IP address, so there really isn't anything special to > > cover for DSL other than the fact one usually shouldn't place more than > > Why is this a fact? Ok, it isn't. We configure Bridged mode DSL modems > to handout 5 dhcp addresses. PPP mode can run it's own dhcp server and > will hand out as many as you request and will use PAT. Its a "usually fact". Many cablemodems and xDSL boxes are built and designed cheap. Minimal IP. They'll bind to the first MAC address they hear after reset, you have no control. If the box has a full IP stack then one should have no problem putting multiple devices on the same ethernet. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message