Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 05:59:50 -0600 From: collins <erichey2@attbi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable Internet Setup Message-ID: <20030505055950.0b5eafef.erichey2@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <031701c312c2$d2599ef0$6702a8c0@Bluesman> References: <031701c312c2$d2599ef0$6702a8c0@Bluesman>
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On Mon, 5 May 2003 00:57:25 -0400 "Bluesman" <bluesman323@attbi.com> wrote: > Hi any help greatly appreciated- > > I have never setup an internet connection with a cable modem and > router with freeBSD. I was wondering if maybe there was a skinny on it > that would help. The computer is seeing the network card as dc0. It > reports the ipaddress of the machine and the router. I can ping other > computers on the network, but when it comes to remote I can not. I > looked at some reference and it kind of led me to believe that I would > have to custom configure a kernel, which is no problem but want to > make sure there is not some easy network package that would eleviate > the problem. The isp I use which is comcast uses DHCP. I know I have a > hunch I am forgetting something simple. Again any help would be > greatly appreciatted. Sorry about the newbie question. > I would just run /stand/sysinstall as root and go to the section that does communications setup and select the DHCP option. I did that during the iso install, and my cable router/modem (actually only the router is seen by the system) was detected and setup with no problems. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area FreeBSD 5.0
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