From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 16:51:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D47237B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBD943F3F for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:51:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rod.person@hotpop.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A4C1E217524 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ROLAND (c-67-163-195-9.client.comcast.net [67.163.195.9]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14BA1A01EE for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:51:33 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:51:34 -0400 From: Rod Person To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030617195134.5a729700.rod.person@hotpop.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: television cable internet service X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:51:46 -0000 On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:33:43 -0700 Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov wrote: > Greetings fellow B.S.D. enthusiasts. Recently, I requested installation > of a television cable at my home in Sacramento, California. The cable > operator is Comcast. I requested connection of the television cable to my > computer, which is a service that the operator advertises profusely. The > telephone sales representative assured me that all things are possible, > including both a Unix operating system, and an in-house L.A.N. The > installation technician spent some time installing the cable, then attached > it through a Motorola DOCSYS modem to the NIC board on the computer. The > computer saw the cable network, but the cable refused to accept a logon > request from the computer. The technician said that he believed that > neither B.S.D. nor any other Unix, nor any Microsoft product that could be > programmed to act as a server was acceptable. Has any other person had the > same problem? How did you solve it? If I insist on a B.S.D. connection, Well that all sounds like crap to me. I have comcast in Pgh, Pa. area. All I had to do was enable dhcp client on my laptop and BAM i was online. I have an old pentium pc connected to the same cable modem connect via a hub running as a web server. So it sound more of a tech that wasn't to technical. My brother had a tech come to his house to install his cable modem and his tech could not set it up on Windows 98, they told him to reinstall windows. I too, had a windows pc laying around for the tech to setup on, I think that's the easiest way. I would assume that that's what they are trained on. Rod