DSL Configuration with PPTP/PPPoE

[Peter Hofer]

Hi again,


> To test the new tool, update your working copy, build desktopbsd-tools and
> install them. The DSL configuration tool is embedded in a new tab in the
> networking tool. Once configured, you can also connect and disconnect from
> the right-click menu of the network tray icon.

I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that the DSL tool uses MPD and thus requires 
the net/mpd port to be installed:

"MPD is a multi-link PPP daemon for FreeBSD based on netgraph(4). It is 
designed to be both fast and flexible. It handles configuration and 
negotiation in user land, while routing all data packets strictly in the 
kernel."


A few words about possible problems:

In some cases, a connection attempt might actually succeed, but no working DNS 
servers are used, so it could look like the connection is closed when trying 
to surf the web or pinging hostnames. Try using the OpenDNS (www.opendns.com) 
servers instead:
Primary: 208.67.222.222
Secondary: 208.67.220.220

If connection attempts still fail, please run mpd manually as root and include 
the output in a reply to this message:
/usr/local/sbin/mpd

If you spot errors like "Cannot send a netgraph message", please try manually 
loading the ng_ether kernel module and try again:
/sbin/kldload ng_ether


Thanks and best regards,
Peter