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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:27:31 +0200
From:      Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
To:        milan nankov <milkan4o@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cabel modem(usb) on freebsd ???
Message-ID:  <1205516432.20020412012731@dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20020411161427.38103.qmail@web14406.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020411161427.38103.qmail@web14406.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hello milan,

Thursday, April 11, 2002, 6:14:27 PM, you wrote:

mn> Hello,

mn>   I have 2 computers i a network. One freebsd machine
mn> and one widnows machine.I used to connect to internet
mn> using my freebsd ppp and the phone line.The freebsd is
mn> a gateway so the windows had internet either.I have
mn> bought a cabel modem yesterday.It has both types of
mn> connections - usb and lancard cabel.I don't have a hub
mn> so my lan card is busy.My question is : Can i use my
mn> new cabel internet when if the cabel modem is
mn> connected to the usb port on my freebsd 4.5 ? I have
mn> tried to do this but without success.Can u help me ?
mn> Can u give me some advice or any websites where i can
mn> find info about this topic ? 

USB modem have a bad support on BSD if i'm not mistaken. Best is to
have a ethernet based modem. You want two ethernet card in you FreeBSD
server because this is a lot easier to set a good firewall up this
way.



-- 
Best regards,
 Alex                            mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl


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