From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 10 10:17:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04450 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stennis.ca.sandia.gov (stennis.ca.sandia.gov [146.246.243.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04445 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@stennis.ca.sandia.gov) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by stennis.ca.sandia.gov (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA25837; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808101717.KAA25837@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: kevin Cc: malcolmn , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modem hookup In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:08:18 +0800." From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) Reply-To: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Url: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-817927288P"; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:21 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --==_Exmh_-817927288P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, kevin wrote: > On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, malcolmn wrote: > > > Any one successful using @home cable modem with bsd. I am looking > > at putting a couple of ethernet cards into a bsd box and using > > it as a proxy server for the other 5 pc's on my home network. > > Yes, you need a DHCP client. You can get one from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/net.html . YMMV. The incarnation of the @Home service I'm using (TCI.NET in the San Francisco Bay Area) doesn't use or require DHCP. So for me, I just brought the machine up with a new IP address, netmask, etc. and "it just worked". Bruce. PS. Security tip: When you bring your machine up on the cable modem network, make it "as secure as possible", especially if you want to leave it up 24/7. You can start by turning off all the services you don't use. I have tracks of a lot of Bad Guys (TM) doing portscans and other random nasty things to my @Home-connected machine. --==_Exmh_-817927288P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNc8rIKjOOi0j7CY9AQE/9gP/du8+/NIwmOiiD08AU3Qda7IykBQIQxLC JsA2GUsxG9limUkBQSrnKx8PR69yoSRAppcY7/ySR0C1IFRrGNVJxyExrshIaSLt NBHFPq4yGgintaNt7sECkY8nIOVr9OgfFONM9cRe0udydnaCFzKP6A4Q2IshjcW1 7amycT/Qj5M= =XKPw -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_-817927288P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message