Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:27:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: chris@ogden.sd27.bc.ca (Chris) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable Internet. Message-ID: <199904140027.UAA22573@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990413170821.007a3180@ogden.sd27.bc.ca> from Chris at "Apr 13, 99 05:08:21 pm"
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Chris wrote, > Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD. I have a cable modem setup on my machine and I > need to know how to get my machine on the internet. I don't know if I need > to use ppp or what. Any info would be great. Do you have a two-way coax connection? (Some providers have a cable downlink and phone uplink, do you use a modem too?) Do you have a coaxial cable coming out of the wall, into a cable modem, and then a twisted pair Ethernet line with RJ-45 connectors coming out of the modem into a network interface card (NIC) in your PC? You do? Good... As far as FreeBSD is concerned, you are directly connected to the Internet via your NIC. Most NICs provided by cable ISPs are fairly common ones that are supported. If you know what kind you have, look it up in the FAQ. If not, just try to boot the installation floppies and it will probably be detected automatically. The only challenge arises if you have DHCP. If you have a static IP, getting FreeBSD going is a breeze. Just put your IP address, netmask, and gateway in /etc/rc.conf. If you have DHCP... gets more interesting. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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