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Date:      Mon, 07 Oct 2002 16:55:16 +0000
From:      "alexis georges" <floating_in_space_@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Sympatico ADSL connection through a hub
Message-ID:  <F39yjNIiHFzc01cioT100014c57@hotmail.com>

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Hello,
This is my first message posted to the list..hehehe
anyways, i used to have a simple cable connection, which would be 
automatically comfigured by FreeBSD upon installation..I just moved and now 
we have an ADSL connection (from Sympatico).. The connection is not 
configured automatically..so i looked on the web for a solution. I found a 
few pages explaining that i had to recompile my kernel with a few lines such 
as 'options NETGRAPH'..and that i had to write some info into the ppp.conf 
file..i did those things but apparently it doesn't work..I am not sure how 
to work this out..cuz all the solutions i found were the same..
So i will explain exactly how i am connected to the internet..

1. I have an ethernet card connected to a hub.
2. This hub is itself connected to the actual modem that we received from 
Sympatico.

On Windowsl, the conection wont work unless the connection type is set to 
10Mb Half-Duplex..so i am guessing it should be the same on FreeBSD..
also, the address is supposed to be obtained dynamically..(on windows it 
says the address has been obtrained by DHCP, however, during FreeBSD 
installation, it fails to find the parameter for the connection)does that 
mean that instead of the 10.0.0.1 address teh solution form the web gave me, 
i should put the address that i am using on windows (even though it shouild 
be a dynamic address?)
Anyways, i would really like to be able to fix this..if anyone could help, 
that would be great..i wanna get rid of windows

Thank You
Alexis

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