Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 07:11:47 -0600 (CST) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" <lists3@artorius.sunflower.com> To: DCMC Customer Liaison <bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable Modems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971101070601.20675A-100000@artorius.sunflower.com> In-Reply-To: <01bce642$9379e300$b7c04a83@DCMC.dcrb.dla.mil>
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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? Yup. > > The service desk told me that they had not focused on Unix and only had > software for Windows, 95 and NT. He said he "heard" someone had > successfully written a script for Linux. I'm in Columbus, Ohio and they are > using the Road Runner service on Warner Cable. They'll negotiate using DHCP > and the IP is not yet static. Well, you've got 802.3 ethernet, you've got IP :) Are they planning on going with static IPs? I must say that our cable network would be a[n](even larger?) pain in the butt if we were trying to run DHCP. But anyway, configure FreeBSD for DHCP. Setup a cron to rehup it every 6 hours and you're set! > > What would I have to do to get FreeBSD running? > > 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. The service desk > guy said he already wrote a script for Windows NT 4 workstation to keep him > online and it's worked for two months during beta testing. Yup... more details are in order. Cable modems are broadband/ethernet bridges. There's a cable(TV) hole and an ethernet hole. There's really no way for them to support "signing on" or "signing off". Either your ethernet device (nic) is active and you can send and receive traffic at ip address x or it isn't. -Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - administrator PGP key. - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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