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Date:      Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:20:58 +0100
From:      Clem Dye <clem@bastet.com>
To:        rich@dynamite.org
Cc:        freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and ISDN support in the UK.
Message-ID:  <3991A10A.2BE528BA@bastet.com>
References:  <39906E29.10481.10B04C30@localhost>

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Rich:

Once again, thanks for the heads-up. Time to flex the plastic, I think!

Regards


Clem

Rich Wood wrote:
> 
> On 8 Aug 2000, at 19:43, Clem Dye wrote:
> 
> > Are there any particular 'gotchas' to watch-out for when configuring
> > the card under FreeBSD?
> 
> Not that I recall, however I'm currently using a Teles card, but did
> use a BT/AVM card for a while and there wasn't anything tricky about
> it.
> 
> > My gameplan is to do the following:
> >
> > 1) Get my ISDN link up and running @ 128K, connected to my ISP.
> 
> No problems (provided your ISP supports 128K connections)
> 
> > 2) Install routing software (no idea what to use yet) so that my two
> > NT boxes can get access to the 'Net via the FreeBSD box. 3) Install
> > some firewall software to stop anything nasty occurring (I plan to
> > leave the FreeBSD box running 24x7 once I've done that lot! (Oh, not
> > forgetting the mail stuff too!).
> 
> You won't need any routing software, use user-PPP over ISDN with
> appropriate options for NAT.
> 
> My settings are as follows (slightly edited to avoid unsightly line
> wraps.
> 
> This is for a single-channel dial-on-demand connection. Tweak as
> appropriate.
> 
> [rich@zippy ~]uname -sr
> FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE
> [rich@zippy ~]
> 
> [rich@zippy ~]grep ppp /etc/rc.conf
> # Use ppp configuration.
> ppp_enable="YES"        # Start user-ppp (or NO).
> ppp_mode="auto"         # Choice of "auto", "ddial", "direct" or
>                                                 # "dedicated".
>                         # For details see man page for ppp(8).
>                                                 # Default is auto.
> ppp_nat="YES"           # Use PPP's internal network address
>                                                 # translation or NO.
> ppp_profile="freeserve"   # Which profile to use from
>                                                 # /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.
> [rich@zippy ~]
> 
> [rich@zippy ~]cat /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
> default:
>  set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command
>  set server +xxxx xxxxxxx
>  allow users rich
> 
> <snip>
> 
> freeserve:
>  set enddisc mac
>  disable lqr
>  set timeout 600
>  set lqrperiod 45
>  set phone 16164208452402620
>  set redial 3 10
>  set dial
>  set login
>  set hangup
>  set device /dev/i4brbch0 /dev/i4brbch1
>  set speed sync
>  set authname xxxxxxx
>  set authkey xxxxxxx
>  set ifaddr 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.1/0
>  add! default hisaddr
>  disable pred1 deflate
>  set cd 6
> [rich@zippy ~]
> 
> Most of this is modified from a config Brian Somers sent me ages ago,
> but should be in ppp.conf.sample and documented in the man page for
> ppp(8)
> 
> You will also need to configure isdn, there is a sample config in
> /etc/isdn/isdnd.rc.sample for a user-ppp configuration.
> 
> If I've missed anything I'm sure Brian will be along to correct
> me.....
> 
> Rich
> --
> rich@dynamite.org                 rich@FreeBSD.org.uk
> If that's what they call normal, I'd rather be insane
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