Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 18:42:35 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: DJ Boris <dj_boris@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: supported USB ADSL modems Message-ID: <3E7E001B.5050401@cream.org> In-Reply-To: <008101c2f16a$da3e2b50$b9cd07c4@d> References: <005501c2f155$69581690$b9cd07c4@d> <200303231232.11799.taxman@acd.net> <008101c2f16a$da3e2b50$b9cd07c4@d>
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DJ Boris wrote: >I have done some reading and you are right. I can't see any USB ADSL >supported modems... there are some Alcatels but people are having probs with >them. If I understand correctly the Ethernet ADSL modems aren't dependant on >host drivers. Am I correct? Does that mean that I can use them under fbsd? >Can you give me some guidelines? > That's right. Anything that presents an Ethernet connection is simply going to be accessed by a normal Ethernet card in your PC, and you shouldn't have any trouble getting one of them to work. ;) I believe that ADSL might need something PPPoE to login to your provider, but FreeBSD's PPP support should provide that no problem. Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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