From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 29 8:50:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E473F37B69C for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:50:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f0TGnvc17309; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:49:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200101291649.f0TGnvc17309@ptavv.es.net> To: "One Of Them" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Cable Modem connection FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:03:46 PST." <000201c089bf$306ecae0$94e10941@adubn1.nj.home.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:49:57 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: "One Of Them" > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:03:46 -0800 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > I have just got a modem cable connection and I want to run FreeBSD on = > it. I currently have it on win98 and I want to move it soon I find a way = > how to configure. I only have IP at the moment but I can order for more = > if needed. I to connect 3 PCs in the house. They are currently connected = > via hub. > > I seached the handbook a little bit but maybe somebody who has already = > done it maybe able to show where to go to get the correct info or just = > walk me thru the steps. The basics are trivial, but cable modems throw in some unpleasant curves from time to time as they tend to assume Windows behavior. I suggest that you look at: http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/cable.html It goes over both the basics and the special requirements of many cable systems. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message