Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 12:50:36 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: dmb <nellie@home.com> Cc: Rick Knebel <rknebel@rknebel.csrlink.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modems Message-ID: <35E0728C.83C041D5@dal.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808231504500.250-100000@cc219337-a.lwmrn1.pa.home.com>
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dmb wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Studded wrote: > > > Rick Knebel wrote: > > > > > > Are cable modems supported in freebsd. > > > > FreeBSD ignores the cable modem entirely, and treats it like any old > > ethernet interface. So yes, it works just spiffy. :) If your cable > > modem uses DHCP (most do) then you may find the instructions at > > http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/dhcp.html useful. > > Well rr.com might use DHCP but @home network does not, not sure about > mediaone.net. It is quite simple actually just run sysinstall and > configure your ethernet and resolv.conf there. Make sure you have all > appropriate information. Unless of course you need DHCP, in which case you can't do what you're talking about here. YOUR installation might be "quite simple" but not all of them are. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. - Yiddish Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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