Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:17:21 -0700 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: kevin <freebsd@vmuniz.ml.org> Cc: malcolmn <malcomn@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modem hookup Message-ID: <199808101717.KAA25837@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:08:18 %2B0800." <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808102303030.2215-100000@vmuniz.ml.org>
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--==_Exmh_-817927288P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, kevin wrote: > On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, malcolmn wrote: > > > Any one successful using @home cable modem with bsd. I am looking > > at putting a couple of ethernet cards into a bsd box and using > > it as a proxy server for the other 5 pc's on my home network. > > Yes, you need a DHCP client. You can get one from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/net.html . YMMV. The incarnation of the @Home service I'm using (TCI.NET in the San Francisco Bay Area) doesn't use or require DHCP. So for me, I just brought the machine up with a new IP address, netmask, etc. and "it just worked". Bruce. PS. Security tip: When you bring your machine up on the cable modem network, make it "as secure as possible", especially if you want to leave it up 24/7. You can start by turning off all the services you don't use. I have tracks of a lot of Bad Guys (TM) doing portscans and other random nasty things to my @Home-connected machine. --==_Exmh_-817927288P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNc8rIKjOOi0j7CY9AQE/9gP/du8+/NIwmOiiD08AU3Qda7IykBQIQxLC JsA2GUsxG9limUkBQSrnKx8PR69yoSRAppcY7/ySR0C1IFRrGNVJxyExrshIaSLt NBHFPq4yGgintaNt7sECkY8nIOVr9OgfFONM9cRe0udydnaCFzKP6A4Q2IshjcW1 7amycT/Qj5M= =XKPw -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_-817927288P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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