Date: 25 May 2000 22:23:57 -0500 From: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.org> To: "Keith Longman" <kblguy@ispchannel.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to configure a dhcp based network to gain access to the internet via a cable modem Message-ID: <86aeheat9u.fsf@emerson.gelemna.org> In-Reply-To: "Keith Longman"'s message of "Thu, 25 May 2000 21:57:05 -0700" References: <000801bfc6ce$d81e72e0$161f83d0@sparldil.mediacom.ispchannel.com>
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"Keith Longman" <kblguy@ispchannel.com> writes: > Hello my name is Keith and i am a cable modem installer.I have run > into a couple of installations where i am hooking into a small > residential hub and trying to gain access to the internet with > multiple machines.=A0 Our isp provider uses DHCP to gain a ip > address. How do you configure this?.My company wants us to just > configure one pc to gain access but I want to learn more about this > topic. can it be done easily or at all?. Help if you can=A0=A0=A0 tha= nk > you keith Doug Barton has a good page on this topic at http://freebsd.simplenet.com/dhcp.html. If you're dealing with a reasonably recent version of FreeBSD most of what he talks about installing is already there. The bit at the end about configuring dhclient for use on a Cox network works for Comcast as well, and probably any other @home reseller. You almost certainly don't want to plug the cable modem directly into a hub. I use an old machine as a gateway, with NATD/IPFW to translate packets between my home network (a network 10 subnet) and the outside world. --=20 I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready to make the commitment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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