From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 18:10:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9F5106566C for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:10:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBD38FC08 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:10:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=EBMFs9CObI1mp8xcrr+OIPmRFyXcOHwNcUDY/oRWR8o=; b=cdFC6C8Xwx9qxk9X5/+a2Za5ZD3LLNU8Ebcadep+JILIvg/f9+4OUR8XX4BxJq96+fp8B0oVcO8g9ktluPv5A3d/yvnkKGxJBs9hSXCpgm5/nOY1AeP7xm6OkJioegoyEAzVQuspTzSZRlifxrrS4MNQexLGwP6V0rMwVZDwvTU= Received: from [192.168.1.200] ([173.88.198.194]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:10:53 -0700 Message-ID: <4F789A2C.30502@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:10:52 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F7798D0.7000404@a1poweruser.com> <4F77A360.9080601@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F77A6CA.50406@a1poweruser.com> <20120401143541.4d7d186f@gumby.homeunix.com> <4F786796.5010903@FreeBSD.org> <20120401105933.4c6a9d77@scorpio> <4F7873E8.4030106@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F7873E8.4030106@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Apr 2012 18:10:53.0801 (UTC) FILETIME=[C7142D90:01CD1032] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: Access to Time Warner cable network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:10:54 -0000 Well here is the results of my attempts to connect to Time Warner cable network. After 4 calls to their call center which was in the Philippines where all the people just read a scripted answer FAQ and only had the ability to remotely reset the modem. I finally requested to talk to the top support level in the USA. Finally got a tech support person who knew something about how their network was configured. Their modems at power up time run a script that is really a private LAN using 192.168.x.x to auto verify the cable modem mac address against a table of authorized accounts. At the conclusion the 10.2.0.1 dhcp server issues a real routable ip address along with the routable 2 dns ip address. Now this long duration hand shake takes about 40 seconds and on a windows system, windows keeps looping through the ip and dns acquire code until it succeeds. Now on freebsd the ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" seems to only cycle a single time and results in a "no carrier" status in the boot up msg log. After the Freebsd 8.2 boot process completed and I saw "no carrier" status i issued "/etc/rc.d/netif restart" command which resulted in the same status. This is when I posted to the questions list for help. It was after the post that I had my conversation with the level 3 tech support guy and learned about the long hand shake process. I next tried issuing (ifconfig fxp0 up) after the freebsd boot process completed and to my surprise I had a public routable ip address. So I have to find a way during the boot process to give the ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" statement in the /etc/rc.conf some delay time. But I think Freebsd 9.0 has an built in "up" process in its boot up process that may solve this problem. Another thing I learned from the level 3 support guy is that the cable modem has to be reset by unplugging it's power if I want to move the output cable to a different device, such as from the window box to the freebsd box or to a router. The bottom line is I have things working now and there was nothing wrong with either my window box or my freebsd box. Its just the Time Warner cable modem box and the non-standard way it's configured.