OpenBSD
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OpenBSD is another 4.4BSD-lite derived OS like so many others and anyone familiar with Linux and any other Unix will find themselves at home. It's most common use case is a a router, due to its very sophisticated networking features.
Using PPPeE
If you are using OpenBSD as a router, it is likely you will need to use PPPoE (the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet as that is what many ISPs supply.
In the following example the ethernet cable from the fiber media converter is plugged into em0 network interface
# cat /etc/hostname.em0 mtu 1508 up # cat /etc/hostname.pppoe0 inet 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 NONE \ pppoedev em0 \ authproto chap authname 'my-user-name' authkey 'my-secret' \ mtu 1500 \ up dest 0.0.0.1 !/sbin/route add default -ifp pppoe0 0.0.0.1 # sh /etc/netstart
[Todo: add a section of pf firewall usage in a router, for the above]