On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 06:35:16PM +0100, Daniel Walrond wrote: > > > These routers are designed to be no brainers for windows users, yet > > there are no windows drivers, therefore it uses conventional networking. > > Personally I didn't want a point and drool interface, I wanted more > control of my connection.
Absolutely, but it demonstrates just how easy it is to get a working connection, as the device was designed to be operated without PPP settings or drivers. > or maybe I'm wasting bytes in my segments in > unnecessary overheads. Set the MTU and MRU to 1453, not 1500. > > I'll admit this is not a normal setup but as far as I know OpenBSD > doesn't have PPPoA support directly in the kernel, and I can't see why > it would since most ADSL PCI cards are primaryly driven by software > usually in the form of BLOBs. Maybe you fancy reverse engineering some > of these cards and get them working in OpenBSD. I have a BeWAN one that works in Linux. I thought about sending it in as a hardware donation as I don't use Linux much anymore. The DLink 300T is not a PCI card, it is an ethernet connected router/modem, that operates in "half bridge" mode to pass it WAN IP to the client's NIC. ie: it is suitable for connecting one device only, you can not use a routeable LAN with it. The 300T does PPPoA, and operates a DHCP server, that passes it IP address to the connecting device's NIC. It really is that simple. If you must do the PPP session in OpenBSD, try the Alcatel USB frog. Better yet, buy a ZyXEL, these routers run a BSD, not uclibc Linux like the majority of routers do.
