Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** Setting up PPPoA for SpeedTouch ADSL
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: lim chee peng <chowhai@boxfrog.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/08/2002 09:19:57
David Brownlee writes: 

> On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, lim chee peng wrote: 
> 
>> I would like to know whether NetBSD supports pppoa for the Speedtouch ADSL
>> modem. I was able to set up pppoa in FreeBSD (they conveniently packages it
>> as pppoa under the ports). I wonder if there is any way to install pppoa in
>> NetBSD, is there any ports for it? 
>>
> 	Try pkgsrc/net/speedtouch 
> 
>> I'm unfortunate enough to subscribe to an ISP which only supports Windows
>> platform and PPPOA only. I did ask for technical assistance from them but
>> they blatently refused any support for other platforms. Furthemore they said
>> that my subscription only allows single user only and not for home
>> network(what do they mean by that??) 
>>
> 	They probably do not want you to use NAT. 
> 
>> Any recommendations for graphics cards that has 3d accel supported by
>> NetBSD?? I presently have a voodoo 3. I have absolutely no idea how to get
>> the 3d accel to work. Does DRI do that? I have it enabled and glide3
>> installed...no 3d accel.
> 
> 	Uh, pass :) 
> 
> -- 
> 		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required -- 
> 
> 
Thanks...thats the crucial info I need. That aside, I'll wonder if it is 
possible to use pppoe to my above mentioned ISP (who only supports pppoa 
only). Is there any configuration changes?? I know their DNS and I have a 
set of normal Ethernet ADSL modem left over from the previous ISP(cable) 


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