Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:35:22 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> To: bill fiore <dollarbilfjr@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nic card w/ cable modem Message-ID: <164724142.20000518163522@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <20000518143042.1049.qmail@web701.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20000518143042.1049.qmail@web701.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello bill, Thursday, May 18, 2000, 4:30:42 PM, you wrote: > i got my nic card (3com etherlink 3) to talk to my > cable modem (i can ping the cable modem) > but even with entries in my /etc/hosts file ... > i cant ping or telnet to other nodes.!!! Most cable ISPs use DHCP in order to assign you a IP. Start # /stand/sysinstall Go to the post Installation configure -> Network interface, select the NIC you want and chose to do automatic configuration if sysinstall ask you for it... HTH Gabriel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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