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[Lowell Gilbert]

David King <dking at ketralnis.com> writes:

>>> the Internet to conduct personal business. What must I know to
>>> configure
>>> sbcglobal.net to operate FreeBSD. And, do you think I need to learn a
>> If DHCP is all you need to setup your internet connection, there is
>> nothing easier you can have. Just put the installation CD into your
>
> Actually, I used to use SBCGlobal's DSL, and they didn't use direct
> DHCP, they used PPPoE to authenticate and give out the address. Ask
> their support if this is still the case (+1 877-SBC-DSL5). If it is,
> Google around for terms like pppoe and FreeBSD

Or better yet, just go straight to the FreeBSD Handbook's section on
the topic.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html