From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 13 19:01:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08074 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:01:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from we.mediaone.net (chmls03.mediaone.net [24.128.1.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08069 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:01:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gummibear@mediaone.net) Received: from ale.we.mediaone.net ([24.130.60.145]) by we.mediaone.net (Netscape Messaging Server 3.01) with SMTP id AAA6202 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:01:16 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980913190318.006a18dc@we.mediaone.net> X-Sender: gummibear@we.mediaone.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:03:18 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: gummibear@we.mediaone.net Subject: Re: Using a cable modem with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199809140244.VAA01577@mediaone.net> References: <3.0.1.32.19980913175902.006a0a8c@we.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 09:44 PM 9/13/98 -0500, Nathan V. Patwardhan wrote: > >> 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! > Nate, thanks for the info but what else would I have to do? I'm sure there must be some sort of scripts to set up or something like that? I'm just surprised that it could be that easy. I already rebuilt the kernel but I'm tryint to do some tweaking of my ethernet driver. I haven't got it set up the way that I want it. Once I get it set right, I'll download and install the DHCP port. Which one do you suggest? Thanks for the help! Joey Bear Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message