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To: Dennis Rawlusyk <dennisr@uniserve.com>
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Subject: Re: ADSL 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 01:20:10 -0700
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>I will be setting up a web server next month using FreeBSD.  I have ordered
> an ADSL line and now wonder if there are drivers avalible for the special
> modem it requires.  Have you heard anything about this?

   Most xDSL products that I've seen have an ethernet interface to the host.
If the one you have is something special for the PC or something, then the
answer is no, there isn't any support in FreeBSD for that.

>I am in the process of learning how to use FreeBSD and the Unix environment.
> In the future I will have dialup and all aspects of an ISP.  Would you
> recommend FreeBSD or Linux?

   FreeBSD of course. :-)

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project