pppoa connection

[Barney Wolff]

Try just treating the modem's ethernet as though it were a local
router port, using (unless they've assigned you a fixed address)
DHCP.  If your ISP is like mine, the PPPOA and 1483 stuff is
between the modem and their router and invisible to you.

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 07:50:54PM -0600, Kim Shrier wrote:
> I am wondering if the following is possible.
> 
> My local ISP only uses pppoa for their DSL customers.  They
> have provided me with an Actiontec GT701 DSL modem.  I want
> to configure the modem to use RFC 1483 transparent bridging.
> This modem has both an ethernet and USB interface for the
> LAN connection.
> 
> I have a FreeBSD box that I have configured as my router and
> firewall.  It is currently being used to connect to my ISP
> using a radio link so I know that it is configured properly
> for routing and firewalling.
> 
> The question is, can I establish a pppoa connection from the
> FreeBSD box to my ISP by sending packets over ethernet to the
> DSL modem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kim

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