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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 16:35:22 +0200
From:      Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>
To:        bill fiore <dollarbilfjr@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nic card w/ cable modem
Message-ID:  <164724142.20000518163522@buz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <20000518143042.1049.qmail@web701.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20000518143042.1049.qmail@web701.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hello bill,
Thursday, May 18, 2000, 4:30:42 PM, you wrote:

> i got my nic card (3com etherlink 3) to talk to my
> cable modem (i can ping the cable modem)
> but even with entries in my /etc/hosts file ...
> i cant ping or telnet to other nodes.!!!

Most cable ISPs use DHCP in order to assign you a IP. Start
# /stand/sysinstall
Go to the post Installation configure -> Network interface, select the
NIC you want and chose to do automatic configuration if sysinstall ask
you for it...

HTH
Gabriel




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