Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:54:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Arjan van der Oest <arjan@nl.demon.net> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@clari.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cable modems and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910181350310.44147-100000@bunker.noc.nl.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991018212412.8463B-100000@helium.clari.net.au>
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > How hard is it to connect to a cable modem service with FreeBSD? > I'm thinking of getting a Foxtel connection, which uses the Motorola > 10Mbps/768kbps system. I'm using a FreeBSD 3.1-r machine, connected to UPC cable services here in Amsterdam. The LANCity connects directly to a 10 Mbit/h NIC. According to UPC I need to DHCP my NIC but after doing this once manually, my IP never changed and I hardcoded this in rc.conf. I believe 3.3-r supports DHCP by default from floppyboot. Btw: I'm NAT'ting on this FreeBSD machine to a small local net for a windows machine and my laptop. Works excellent, although I hope UPC is not subscribed to this list :) I'm not sure how this Foxtel connects to your machine, but if it's via a NIC, you're safe. I don't have any experience with a serial cablemodem. Cheers, ao -- arjan van der oest - systems administrator - arjan@nl.demon.net Demon Internet NOC, Amsterdam. www.demon.nl Thus (tm): Simplicity, boldness & speed. www.let-it-be-thus.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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