From owner-freebsd-net Mon Dec 27 21:58:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from super-g.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C15B153D7 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 21:58:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: by super-g.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E5445CF3F; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:58:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.com (Postfix) with SMTP id D30CECF3E; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:58:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:58:21 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Stan Brown Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Road Runer cable modem network, and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199911182210.OAA08900@netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Catching up on long-neglected mailboxes... In case you didn't find it, check out: http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rr/rr.html http://www.lodestone.org/rr/rrd/index.html The second seems FBSD-centric... Good luck, Charles On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Stan Brown wrote: > I am using a FreeBSD machine for my gateway to my cablemodem provider. > Works really great, and I am as pleased as punch with it. Thanks for > all the good work. > > Now a friend of mine has a cablemodem, and I want toset up a machine > for him. However he is on the Road Runer netowk (Time Warner?). It is > my understanding that the following are true of the: > > 1. They _require_ DHCP. > 2. They require some sort of "login" after establishing the network > layer connection. > > Bith of these are different from my cablemodem provider, and since he > is in a different cty, having the mahcine set up as closely as possibe > to a working system would be benefical. > > So, can anyone point me to a source of information on using FreeBSD for > this? > > Can anyone confir that they have this working? > > Thanks. > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- > Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! > Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer > (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message