[H-GEN] Telstra Big Pond Cable & OpenBSD

[Daniel Quinlan]

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On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:18:50AM +1000, Ian Lister wrote:
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> After convincing somebody they shouldn't use Windows as a masquerading
> gateway connected to Telstra Big Pond Cable I now need to produce a working
> alternative.

I've set this up for a friend on a Debian Linux box. works like a charm.
I can nab it off his system for you, just have to go around there as he's 
just moved and hasn't got cable at the new place yet

> Also, does anybody know what kind of card Telstra provides, and what support
> various BSDs/Linuxes have for it? Any other problems I am likely to hit?

we used our own card, so I'm not sure what Telstra will provide. they're
most likely to use a well know brand, which will be well supported anyway

regards,
-- 
Daniel Quinlan				daniel at netwise.net.au
"Okay, who taught the cat how to type Ctrl Alt Delete?!?"

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