Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:28:49 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a cable modem Message-ID: <20010302002849.C7552@marx.marvic.chum> In-Reply-To: <20010301115731.B16644@grumpy.dyndns.org>; from dkelly@hiwaay.net on Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:57:31AM -0600 References: <20010301042054.67801.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> <3A9E5224.C11CC6C3@mail.iowna.com> <1356958371.20010301085351@nc.rr.com> <20010301115731.B16644@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:57:31AM -0600, David Kelly wrote:
> Know of two users with Comcast@Home in Huntsville, AL, one somehow
> wrangled a static IP address. The other had to upgrade from MacOS 7.6.1
> so that the DHCP client could pass an optional parameter back to the
> DHCP server. Cable installer called this parameter a "password".
I use AT&T@home (formerly TCI), and they use the modem's MAC address for
actual modem registration, and then your DHCP client has to send the
hostname in order to get a lease.
- v
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