From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 00:31:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13437 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 00:31:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13426 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 00:31:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DouGuy@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12719; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 00:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DouGuy@dal.net) Message-ID: <36148146.BE23275A@dal.net> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:31:18 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0929 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Yu1 CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connecting to the internet by a cable modem. References: <3613C0D8.83C53ED2@shaw.wave.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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