From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 13 18:42:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA06145 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:42:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mediaone.net (nvp.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.50.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA06138 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:42:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nvp@mediaone.net) Received: (from nvp@localhost) by mediaone.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01577; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:44:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Nathan V. Patwardhan" Message-Id: <199809140244.VAA01577@mediaone.net> Subject: Re: Using a cable modem with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980913175902.006a0a8c@we.mediaone.net> from "gummibear@we.mediaone.net" at "Sep 13, 98 05:59:02 pm" To: gummibear@we.mediaone.net Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:44:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > How would I go by setting up the cable modem with the dhcp client? What > information would I need from the ISP? Currently I have cable internet > service through MeidaOne here in Los Angeles. See my original material for what to build/install: > >Definitely! I'm doing it now -- I've got a static name and dynamic > >(or so they say) IP. You'll probably need to use a dhcp client of > >some sort. I'm currently using the wide-dhcp package, although I'm > >likely to switchover to ISC's dhcp-2.0 package when the actual 2.0 > >release comes out. In any case, both of these dhcp clients are > >available as ports and packages under FreeBSD. Basically, you're going to do . All you need to do is compile a kernel with the following: - support for your ethernet card - support for Berkeley Packet filtering (bpf) - reboot new kernel - make new bpf devices in /dev (/dev/MAKEDEV bpf[0-x]). I have 16 (0-15) bpf entries in /dev. Your mileage may vary. - run dhcp_client ethernet_device - you should be all set! In the future, you might want to group reply when you've got a question about someone's followup; that way, answers will return to the list, will be archived to help other people, etc. Thanks! -- Nate Patwardhan, System Administrator O'Reilly and Associates nvp@oreilly.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message