From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 26 5:54:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (host-e186.tidalwave.net [208.213.203.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B89814F40 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 05:53:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net) Received: (from lee@localhost) by st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id IAA45190; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:49:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19990226084958.A45181@tidalwave.net> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:49:58 -0500 From: Lee Cremeans To: Eric Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable Modems Reply-To: lcremean@tidalwave.net References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Eric on Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 05:41:02PM +0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 05:41:02PM +0800, Eric wrote: > Hi All:) > Sorry , I don't know much about cable modem technology. > So I was wondering if there's any support(or plan) > for cable modems? since I have already got a network > adapter is there anything necessary for cable modem? > > Best Rgards , [Just so you know, -current is the wrong place for this sort of question. Use questions@freebsd.org in the future. ] I set up a COM21 cable modem at work using a FreeBSD box as the gateway, and it seems to work well. For decent (bidirectional) cable networks, you should only need an Ethernet card (and possibly a DHCP package). For others, it depends; some modems require a login (tying them to Windows in most cases), and some have analog-modem return (requiring a modem in the computer and the use of ppp(8); the COM21 at work can run in either bidirectional or modem-return mode.) -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet and WTnet)| | lcremean@tidalwave.net| http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message