If you can get an Alcatel Speedtouch USB (probably the most commonly used) from your DSL provider, then you're in luck. It's in /usr/ports/net/pppoa. Install it.
Then, lookin: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html . Remember, the device "Alcatel SpeedTouch USB" that should be in /etc/usbd.conf must be exactly the same as the detected device while booting-up or as displayed by the dmesg output. You may also refer here for more info: http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/ Re IP address, I simply extract whatever the DSL connection provides and apply it in my ipfw firewall. I only have one NIC and the IP is static and private (192.168...). The NIC is serving my internal clients in a NAT + Transparent Proxy implementation. > Hi, > I'm organising an ADSL connection and I'm a bit confused about our options. > > We need to provide web, ssh and mail access to our network for users from home > across the Internet with an ADSL connection. > I figure the best way to do this is to setup a new machine to act as a > firewall and run a web server & sendmail on this box. (or I have seen > something about using socket to divert these services to our existing server > which has a private address). > The firewall would have a NIC with a private IP address to connect to the rest > of our network. > > What's the best way then to connect it to the ADSL line? > Do we have a second NIC in the firewall machine with a real IP address > connected to an ADSL modem and use ppp -natd on that interface? Does that > mean we'd need 2 static IP addresses - one for the firewall & one for the > modem? (We really don't want to pay for 2 addresses) > > Or can we use a USB connection instead - are there FBSD drivers for ADSL > modems? I can't see any in the supported hardware list. > > Or do we use a combined modem/router device to do the nat & firewalling and > have it redirect mail, web & ssh access to our main server? (is that possible > or do such devices not allow access into the network from the 'net?) > > Cheers, > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
