Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:06:10 -0400 (EDT) From: dmb <nellie@home.com> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: Rick Knebel <rknebel@rknebel.csrlink.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808231504500.250-100000@cc219337-a.lwmrn1.pa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <35E05E55.CF83EC2F@dal.net>
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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. Best of luck, phiberoptics admin qis.md.us.dal.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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