[geeks] ADSL Modem

[Phil Stracchino]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> I use an Ultra 1 running OpenBSD to abstract-away the PPPoE nastiness.
> It's massive overkill.  I plan to replace both it and my OpenBSD
> "router"[0] with a cute little (and MUCH less pwoer-hungry) C7-based
> Phylon box as soon as I get the spare cycles to do the swap.
> 
> 
> [0] Two separate boxes because I needed the connection up Right Then and
>      didn't have time to figure out how to make pf+ppp DWIM.  SBC had
>      previously told me that connections with static IP addresses didn't
>      use PPPoE; I was very frustrated with them when I found that out to
>      not be the case.  Not nearly as frustrated[1] as I was when I found
>      out that the "10 or 15 dollars extra" for statics was actually $75.

Ouch.

But at least they'd *sell* you a static IP.


I have OpenBSD on a U5 that's doing pf, pppd/pppoe, routing and dhcpd.
Again, massive overkill.  But I can't put three additional NICs into a
Sparc LX.


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