Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:43:28 -0700 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net>, Bri <brian@ukip.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp problems with my ISP Message-ID: <20020804234328.GA762@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <3D4C54A4.5B2C2858@mindspring.com> References: <bulk.27712.20020803114650@hub.freebsd.org> <20020803104230.B27467@lava.net> <3D4C54A4.5B2C2858@mindspring.com>
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Thus spake Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>: > Clifton Royston wrote: > > However, one special and relevant case of "Use the same exact NIC" is > > to set up one of the various UNIX boxes as your gateway doing NAT, and > > have it act as a DHCP server for your LAN. Once that's done it can > > issue DHCP leases to all your other systems, and then (for most > > protocols) you can run as many machines as you like on your LAN using > > that one cable company IP address. > > Only works if you use the exact same NIC as the first setup computer, > which is normally a Windows box, if you had them install the service > for you, since that's pretty much all they are willing to install. They used to send a `technician' out to install a free cable outlet and the software for you. At the time, I was able to get them to give me an IP address and other relevant numbers (along with a crappy NIC) and go away. These days, the technician shows up, tweaks a few wires to activate your cable outlet, and hands you a Windows/Mac CD that you have to use to register your account. So effectively you do need a Windows box, but I have had no trouble swapping NICs. I have also used the same NIC (and cable modem) from two separate accounts on different subnets. Their DHCP servers used to be picky about the hostname you sent them; perhaps that has something to do with it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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