Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:31:18 -0700 From: Studded <DouGuy@dal.net> To: Jonathan Yu1 <jonyu@shaw.wave.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connecting to the internet by a cable modem. Message-ID: <36148146.BE23275A@dal.net> References: <3613C0D8.83C53ED2@shaw.wave.ca>
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Jonathan Yu1 wrote: > > I really need some help here to connect to the internet with a > cable modem. I went through > many articles about this but they were all for serial connections. And > here is a list of the things that I am not sure of. > > 1. Do I need to set up PPP? > And if PPP is not required what do I have to modify before I can get > the internet to work. > 2. My ISP assigns dynamic ip addresses therefore I don't know what I > should fill in the file > rc.conf. It sounds like your ISP is using DHCP, most cable modem services do. If so, check out http://home.san.rr.com/dhcp.html. > 3. Do I have to setup a Domain name server? Most likely not. Good luck, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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