From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 4 16:57:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183E137B400 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-233-156-170.client.attbi.com [12.233.156.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C4E743E42 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:57:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g74NhUgD064442; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:43:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g74NhSGC064441; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:43:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:43:28 -0700 From: David Schultz To: Terry Lambert Cc: Clifton Royston , Bri , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp problems with my ISP Message-ID: <20020804234328.GA762@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Terry Lambert , Clifton Royston , Bri , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020803104230.B27467@lava.net> <3D4C54A4.5B2C2858@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D4C54A4.5B2C2858@mindspring.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Terry Lambert : > Clifton Royston wrote: > > However, one special and relevant case of "Use the same exact NIC" is > > to set up one of the various UNIX boxes as your gateway doing NAT, and > > have it act as a DHCP server for your LAN. Once that's done it can > > issue DHCP leases to all your other systems, and then (for most > > protocols) you can run as many machines as you like on your LAN using > > that one cable company IP address. > > Only works if you use the exact same NIC as the first setup computer, > which is normally a Windows box, if you had them install the service > for you, since that's pretty much all they are willing to install. They used to send a `technician' out to install a free cable outlet and the software for you. At the time, I was able to get them to give me an IP address and other relevant numbers (along with a crappy NIC) and go away. These days, the technician shows up, tweaks a few wires to activate your cable outlet, and hands you a Windows/Mac CD that you have to use to register your account. So effectively you do need a Windows box, but I have had no trouble swapping NICs. I have also used the same NIC (and cable modem) from two separate accounts on different subnets. Their DHCP servers used to be picky about the hostname you sent them; perhaps that has something to do with it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message