Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:32:38 From: "M. Monninger" <markem@primenet.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL with FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980211193238.00993980@pop.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19980212093541.28061@freebie.lemis.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980211080010.27094A-100000@usr02.primenet.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210214708.26338A-100000@freight.msn.bc.ca> <Pine.BSI.3.96.980211080010.27094A-100000@usr02.primenet.com>
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At 09:35 AM 2/12/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >What did you have to do to get it running? It would be nice to have >this information available for other people who are thinking about >connecting. > Well, mostly it was just editing files to point to my ISP's DNS and gateway. Then I had to compile & install the dhcp client package. That got me on the air. Once I got it all working I tackled the natd and firewall set-up so I could get the other boxes on my LAN up & running. The handbook at freebsd.org had all the info I needed. I'm runnng a pretty basic natd & firewall setup. The dsl stuff is not really any different than any other ethernet network setup. The system I'm on is a point-to-point link to my ISP. You have to select an ISP that offers dsl connectivity. I have a 192k fulltime connection. The ISP is the gateway to the rest of the world. The cost is $40/mo for the link and my ISP charges $25/mo. The $40 is on top of normal residential phone charges. There was a $200 installation fee. It's only a tad more expensive than adding a second phone line and upgrading to a new 56k modem. The US West web site (www.uswest.com) has quite a bit of info on it, both marketing BS and some technical info. They call it "MegaBit Services" (if only it really was a megabit). They are rolling it out to about 40 cities in the western US. There are some restrictions on distance from the central office and some other considerations about your physical phone line so it isn't available to everyone yet. I'm only a couple blocks from our CO so I lucked out. Anyway, I hope that answers some questions. It's not directly related to FreeBSD but I think xDSL is going to be pretty popular and so I suspect there will be more queries about it here as it rolls out. Disclaimer: I have no connection to US West (oops...no pun intended) except as a customer. Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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