Has anybody actually tried Erik's solution with PPPoE?
I'm trying to set up a router using PPPoE from Covad
and the stuff at
http://deep.thought.net/jason/pppoe/
but would gladly switch over if this works.

rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Winkler [mailto:ewinkler@erols.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 7:39 PM
> To: Ed Lauman
> Cc: BSD list
> Subject: Re: ADSL modems
> 
> 
> Checkout 
> http://users.erols.com/ewinkler/firewall/fwinstall.html.  I have a
> tar archive for a firewall using PPPoE from Sympatico.  I'm 
> not sure how
> well it works since I don't use that service.  All you need 
> to do after
> installing the archive is edit /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and 
> /usr/bin/startdsl to
> match your username and password.  Type startdsl and see if you get a
> connection.  Let me know if it works for you.
> 
> Erik
> 
> Ed Lauman wrote:
> 
> > I want to use Bell Sympatico ADSL with NetBSD. They only 
> support MacOS or
> > Windoze. How difficult is it to set up on my own? Do I need 
> any software
> > other than the networking stuff built into the kernel? Ed Lauman
>