Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:37:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Petro <bpetro@usa.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Attaching to new Cable Modem Message-ID: <384562919.965252254079.JavaMail.root@web303-mc.mail.com>
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Thanks - I had been afraid that I would have to have entries that limited my DNS, and somehow, make my IP = 0 or those type of things - evidently its all wrapped up in and taken care of by the DHCP setting! Thanks again everyone. Bruce. >Out of the ether, Bruce Petro spewed forth the following bitstream: >> Any one have some help for this? I don't see a >> section in gregg's book on this (though mine >> might be an old ver)- I mostly see serial info. >> >> This is new (Time Warner's road runner) and according >> to the setup appears to be not a serial conn at all. >> (the cable modem that is). > >All you need to do is configure your ethernet interface to use DHCP. > >To do this, add the following line to your /etc/rc.conf: > >ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" > >(replacing xl0 with whatever interface you use). > >Should work "right out of the box". > >AlanC > ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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