From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 2 8:59: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from diskfarm.firehouse.net (rdu25-12-043.nc.rr.com [24.25.12.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BFEF37BBEE for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:58:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from abc@diskfarm.firehouse.net) Received: (from abc@localhost) by diskfarm.firehouse.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA42518; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:03:21 GMT (envelope-from abc) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:03:21 +0000 From: Alan Clegg To: Bruce Petro Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attaching to new Cable Modem Message-ID: <20000802120321.N32593@diskfarm.firehouse.net> Mail-Followup-To: Alan Clegg , Bruce Petro , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <386160137.965231528001.JavaMail.root@web307-mc.mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <386160137.965231528001.JavaMail.root@web307-mc.mail.com>; from bpetro@usa.com on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:52:06AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Out of the ether, Bruce Petro spewed forth the following bitstream: > Any one have some help for this? I don't see a > section in gregg's book on this (though mine > might be an old ver)- I mostly see serial info. > > This is new (Time Warner's road runner) and according > to the setup appears to be not a serial conn at all. > (the cable modem that is). All you need to do is configure your ethernet interface to use DHCP. To do this, add the following line to your /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" (replacing xl0 with whatever interface you use). Should work "right out of the box". AlanC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message