From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 10 09:38:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA22605 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA22590 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:38:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA04414; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:38:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:38:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Silent Bob cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable Modems In-Reply-To: <343E1EE3.9E5DE558@home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Silent Bob wrote: > I'm have read about FreeBSD and love every word about it, and I am also > looking forward to recieving the CD. However, my concern is that my > connection to the Internet id through a Cable Modem, and although > capable of high speeds is not always supported by all systems. I am no > networking expert but I know it works just like a constant connection to > a LAN and that my ISP is COX Cable and that there server uses a > Firewall(proxy server). Any information would be of great help because > niether my ISP or my System Administrator will help. This depends on what cable modem you have and how restrictive the firewall is. AFAIK, all cable modems are implemented through a interface box that kicks out a Ethernet connection. From there it's a matter of getting a supported Ethernet card. If you've read the Handbook then you know which cards are supported, you just need to check that with your system. If it's supported, then no problem. If not, you'll need to change it, which is quite simple. (I don't think the cable boxes are particular about which Ethernet card they plug into, just as long as the media types match up.) For getting past the proxy server, it's a matter of instructing your programs (netscape et. al.) to route queries through it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major