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From: Scott Nolde <scott@mediaone.net>
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Subject: Re: cable connection problems
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Check to see if your cable modem is locking on to the NIC of the other
computer you hook it in to.

Another good resource I've found is the FreeBSD Cheat Sheets:
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/cable.html

After you get your BSD machine up and running, be sure to set up a
firewall.

- Scott

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Ian Thomas wrote:

>    I just installed my new Intel NIC and it shows up
> fine
> in dmesg.  I have also added these lines to rc.conf.
>
> network_interfaces="fxp0"
> ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
>
>    However, on reboot, I get this when I run an
> ifconfig -a
>
> inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast
> 255.255.255.255
>
>    I'm assuming that I should have a real IP.  In
> windows
> I don't use any software other than setting TCP/IP to
> not
> use DNS and obtain an IP automatically.  I also have
> Lan
> Settings set to automatically detect settings and use
> a
> proxy is enabled.  Any ideas?  The service is
> powerlink.
>
> Ian
>
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