Re: pf configuration

[Hugo Villeneuve <harpagon@jwales.EINTR.net>]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 06:20:14PM +0200, Benjamin Michotte wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using Linux from 6 years and decided yesterday to try a BSD unices
> for the server of my private lan and my choose was openBSD. After
> downloading and burning, the install was very fast and easy.
> 
> My lan looks like this:
> 
> INTERNET |---| (alcatel speed touch home) adsl |---| server |---| some
> machines
> 
> the server network card for the alcatel modem is ne3 and the card for
> the private lan is ne4
> 
> ne3 is 10.0.0.140 = ppp0 when connected
> ne4 is 192.168.0.1
> 
> It was not easy to configure adsl connection because pptp doesn't work
> for me so I must use pppoe... I couldn't connect to the internet, so I
> tried with the tools I had on my workstation... rp-pppoe... but... pppd
> version was too old for this utility which request at least pppd 2.3.7. 
> Good, I have the sources for 2.3.9.
> 
> cd pppd-2.3.9; ./configure... and
> 
> Support for this system has not been included
> in this distribution.  Sorry.
> 
> my godness !!!
> a little vi after, pppd 2.3.9 was compiled on my openBSD and the script
> works fine so I can connect to the internet.... a great victory :)
> 
> First, I hope, this little "micro-mini-howto" to use a pppoe adsl could
> help someone a day :)

No cause must people just use the ppp+pppoe combo that's already
included in OpenBSD.

$ apropos PPPoE
pppoe (8) - PPP Over Ethernet translator
$

Then man pppoe gives you an exemple you can almost just paste into
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.


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