Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d?a Saturday, January 10, 2009 a las 05:54:56AM -0500, Skip Ford escribi?: > > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > What kind of software I could use in FreeBSD? There is some port > > > net/rp-pppoe but the man pages speaks about incoming connections? > > > What else? > > > > Are you having problems using ppp(8)? PPPoE has been just another > > dialup connection for years. Example configurations are available in > > /usr/share/examples/ppp. > > > > If you really want a port, net/mpd is the way to go. ppp(8) is userland > > while mpd is kernel. I wish it was in base. > > Thanks for all the hints. The problem was that for many years I have > only used 'normal' pppd connections (over modems, ISDN or UMTS), but > never PPPoE. So I went to the ports and did search 'name=pppoe' and > ended up in net/rp-pppoe and was confused. It seems that just ppp(8) is > what I have to use. Thx again.
Yeah, pppd(8) doesn't do PPPoE AFAIK. In addition to the examples I already posted, there's a PPPoE section in the handbook which covers everything instead of just ppp.conf: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html Good luck. -- Skip _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
