From owner-freebsd-current Mon Sep 14 20:12:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16129 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:12:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from joshua.enteract.com (joshua.enteract.com [207.229.129.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA16124 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:12:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djhoward@joshua.enteract.com) Received: (qmail 470 invoked by uid 1032); 15 Sep 1998 03:11:42 -0000 Message-ID: <19980914221142.J27510@enteract.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:11:42 -0500 From: dannyman To: Daniel Hawton , "'current@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Cable Modem Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Hawton , "'current@freebsd.org'" References: <01BDE012.EB044280@cx69546-a.orng1.occa.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <01BDE012.EB044280@cx69546-a.orng1.occa.home.com>; from Daniel Hawton on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 07:07:27PM -0700 X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 07:07:27PM -0700, Daniel Hawton wrote: > Does FREEbsd support cable modems? My provider is Cox@Home > (www.cox.com/HighSpeed/index.html and http://www.home.com) Please repsond > ASAP You need to learn to RTFFAQ, you would then learn that: 1) This is not germaine to -current. 2) "There are several methods for computer connection, but Ethernet 10BaseT is emerging as the most predominant method." FreeBSD supports a wide variety of Enternet NICs, so yes, you can hook up to the cable modem service, from what I can tell by reading http://www.cox.com/HighSpeed/modemfaq.html#How_Connect. -danny -- // dannyman yori aiokomete || Our Honored Symbol deserves \\/ http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ || an Honorable Retirement (UIUC) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message