Let me resolve that one. I am on the Bell Atlantic network. I do have to use PPOE, and Alexander's configurations were right on the money. I had a little bit of a hiccup with configuration of the nic because I didn't realize it would be ok for it to be configured without an IP. Now it looks like everything works fine.
Now to get all my startup scripts working with PPPoE. I have a number of things that have to be done based on the IP, netmask, broadcast address (which I can't seem to find in the ifconfig output) and it all has to be automatic and smooth when the IP changes. I've also noticed that I can't seem to send to the FreeBSD server for some reason. It may be because the verizon IP doesn't resolve. I don't know. I guess I need to tweak the sendmail config. Thanks a million! Lou Vincent Poy wrote: > You can usually tell from the modem you're using. The GTE one is > a Fujitsu/Orkit and uses DHCP. The BellAtlantic one uses modems from > Efficient Networks/Siemens, Westell and Alcatel and uses PPPoE. What was > the name of the telco before it was Verizon, that's one way to tell. > > > Cheers, > Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President ________ __ ____ > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > >>Now I'm getting confused. I guess I'll have to be ready to set either >>one up. >> >> >>Thanks for the info guys. >> >>Lou >> >>On 09/26/02 09:52 PM, Vincent Poy sat at the `puter and typed: >> >>>On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alexander Kabaev wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:20:19 -0400 >>>>Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Is PPP setup required? AFAIK, Verizon doesn't require an >>>>>authname/authkey challenge, since it logs the Mac Address of the NIC, >>>>>as well as the modem itself. I haven't been using PPP with AT&T for >>>>>the last 4+ years, and it works well. >>>>> >>>>>TIA >>>>>Lou >>>>> >>>>It is possible that the service Verizon provides in your area is >>>>different than one they privide here. Here Verizon DSL uses PPPoE and >>>>ppp is definitely requited to connect. >>>> >>> The way it works is the the Verizon known as BellAtlantic requires >>>PPPoE while the Verizon known as GTE doesn't. BA uses a ATM network while >>>GTE uses a Frame Relay based network. >>> >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President ________ __ ____ >>>Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] >>>WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] >>>San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] >>>HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] >>>Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin >>> >>> >>> >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message