From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 14:28:46 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 1BB0916A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:28:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4BA43FEC for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:28:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h9TMSjHx024212; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:28:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (dpvc-68-161-244-25.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.244.25]) (authenticated bits=0)h9TMSiZq021021; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:28:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20031029211630.63400.qmail@web13008.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031029211630.63400.qmail@web13008.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <40FAD598-0A5F-11D8-9CED-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:28:43 -0500 To: B F X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: internet setup 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: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:28:46 -0000 On Oct 29, 2003, at 4:16 PM, B F wrote: > FreeBSD machine > | > | > \|/ > Switch---------->Cable modem----->internet > /|\ > | > | > WindowsXP machine > > I have Roadrunner cable service ( i know, it sucks, but i get it for > free). Can someone just tell me step by step how to get my internet > running starting from a FreeBSD clean install? I have spent days > trying different things I've read on websites and books, but have yet > to get it working. Thanks. If your switch is something like a Linksys broadband router, which runs it's own DHCP server and maybe PPPOE, you should be able to just do a "dhclient" on the FreeBSD machine and be good to go. Otherwise, you can set up your own local subnet on the switch, and then set up internet connection sharing on one machine or the other, but you'll need to add a second NIC, run NAT and PPPOE, and so forth. -- -Chuck