From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 11 16:27:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421F937B420 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:27:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GUFFTL02.8O0; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:27:21 +0200 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:27:31 +0200 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1205516432.20020412012731@dds.nl> To: milan nankov Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cabel modem(usb) on freebsd ??? In-Reply-To: <20020411161427.38103.qmail@web14406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020411161427.38103.qmail@web14406.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message