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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:01:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: DCMC Customer Liaison <bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil>
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Subject: Re: Cable Modems
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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, DCMC Customer Liaison wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with setting up FreeBSD to access a Cable
> Modem?

>From what I understand, the normal procedure is to have an Ethernet card
in the machine, plugged into the `cable modem' decoder.  All you have to
do is tell FreeBSD about the card, install a DHCP package, and all will be
well. 

This assumes that the card in your box is a Ethernet card and not some
sort of modem you talk with AT commands and such.

> 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. 

I have to wonder how they try to signal you on a UNIX box.  :-/  And how
do you resign-in on Ethernet?

If you had some more details we could be more specific.  My experiences
are from what has come across this list, and your system sounds different
from what other systems have.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major