Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:15:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@sucks.to.be.you.net> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable-modems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970603211224.881A-100000@sucks.to.be.you.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970604093948.9382D-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > Howdy, > > My local TV provider announced they would offer Internet connectivity > > through a Motorola product that will let you use an ethernet card to > > connect to they fiber (TV) network . > > I wanted to join, but the local provider doesn't offer details, and > > Motorola says Unix is not supported. Anyone knows something about this? > > Of course I said I wasn't interested, Internet without Unix is a > > nonsense! But if the end-point is Ethernet, it should work. > > I don't have a subscription myself, but it sounds like what Foxtel is > offering in Australia. The Win95 box logs in to the network and the > "ethernet" switch registers its ethernet address, and an IP address is > assigned. The IP address remains static for 24 hours, even if you log > out of the network. So it *may* work if you have a dual-boot system - > boot in win95, log in to Foxtel, reboot in FreeBSD. >From what I have heard most cable modem providers use dhcp to assign the ip. All you need with a unix is dhcpd and it will be able to pick up the ip. Windows95 has this built in so its 'supported' i guess.
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