From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 13 8:55:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from escambia.se.mediaone.net (escambia.se.mediaone.net [24.129.0.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A5414FA6 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dlee@cse.fau.edu) Received: from cse.fau.edu (lc72-21.pompano.net [24.129.72.21]) by escambia.se.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA23795 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:55:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37B440AD.4FB8EF9E@cse.fau.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:58:37 -0400 From: Donjuma Lee X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: cable modem install References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in windows95/98 the command is "winipcfg" in NT it is "ipconfig" and write down everything you see that relates to your NIC. don't bother with the PPP settings. FreeBSD Question wrote: > Here is a trick. Just write down the "IP" and "gateway" you usually get > in windows, and use them for the installation(you need DNS IP too). > It SHOULD work(at least for me). otherwise, you need a separate disk that > contains dhclient and dhclient-script. > > Byung > > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Donjuma Lee wrote: > > > the cable modem install is a ftp install. just get your network > > settings, > > and make sure you have a supported NIC. > > > > "Scott D. Lancaster" wrote: > > > > > Hi to all, > > > Can anyone tell me how to create a floppy that would allow me to > > install > > > Freebsd > > > from my cable modem. The current docs cover ftp, ppp, afs, ect. I have > > > > > w95 a scsi > > > and a spare disk. It is ready and itching to have freebsd on it. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message