From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 13:19:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA05515 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:19:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from lists.dcro.dla.mil ([33.19.104.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA05509 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:19:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil) Received: from DCMC (scc92183.dscc.dla.mil [131.74.192.183]) by lists.dcro.dla.mil (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA25608 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:56:34 -0500 (EST) From: "DCMC Customer Liaison" To: Subject: Cable Modems Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:18:47 -0500 Message-ID: <01bce642$9379e300$b7c04a83@DCMC.dcrb.dla.mil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anyone have any experience with setting up FreeBSD to access a Cable Modem? The service desk told me that they had not focused on Unix and only had software for Windows, 95 and NT. He said he "heard" someone had successfully written a script for Linux. I'm in Columbus, Ohio and they are using the Road Runner service on Warner Cable. They'll negotiate using DHCP and the IP is not yet static. What would I have to do to get FreeBSD running? p.s. The current configuration only allows you to log on for eight hours, then you have to/will be logged off and have to log back on. They said a warning pops up after seven hours. So I figure I'll need a script to signon and log off every six hours to avoid the warning messages. The service desk guy said he already wrote a script for Windows NT 4 workstation to keep him online and it's worked for two months during beta testing. ---Mike