From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 27 13:20:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA03639 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netra.tggh.net (derek@netra.tggh.net [207.88.164.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA03634; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (derek@localhost) by netra.tggh.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA10428; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:19:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Derek White X-Sender: derek@netra.tggh.net To: "Xu, Xiang" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable Modem Connection Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Xiang Xu wrote: > Has anyone setup a FreeBSD Internet server with cable modem connection? > I will have a cable modem connection soon. Please give me some advice on > how to set it up. > Thanks. > > -Xiang (PS: freeBSD-hackers isn't the best place to post this kind of question - try freebBSD-questions if freeBSD-isp doesn't help.) (And I'm not on freeBSD-isp, so I won't hear responses there.) A cable modem is essentially like any other router. You get an ethernet port on the cable modem to which you connect your freeBSD box. You also get an IP address (usually only one) for your computer. It would be the same if you were connecting to an ISDN router or a Cisco router to a Frame Relay or T1 line. One thing to consider is that I believe there are service agreements that say you can't run a 'server' from the cable modem, so if you plan to use this as a web server you might want to check the service agreement thouroghly. Derek (at) dereks.net