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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 22:56:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: John McWhirter <silentbob@home.com>
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Subject: Re: Cable Modem Connection
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1/
please type shorter lines
2/ 
CABLE systemms often use DHCP to assign IP addresses dynamically.
you should look into the DHCP port.
(I believe the WIDE one has a client)

On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, John McWhirter wrote:

> I'm very interested in using FreeBSD and looking forward to getting the
> CD and starting it up.  My concern is that my connection to the internet
> is through a Cable Modem and although capable of high speeds, it is
> sometimes not supported by some systems.  The connection acts like a LAN
> and I have to connect to there server through a proxy.  Any information
> will be of help, because my ISP nor the Server Administrator will give
> me assistance. 
>