From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 23 11:25:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10204 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:25:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA10199 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:25:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA13365; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:24:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35E05E55.CF83EC2F@dal.net> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:24:21 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0507 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rick Knebel CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modems References: <19980823100845.E205@csrlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rick Knebel wrote: > > Are cable modems supported in freebsd. FreeBSD ignores the cable modem entirely, and treats it like any old ethernet interface. So yes, it works just spiffy. :) If your cable modem uses DHCP (most do) then you may find the instructions at http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/dhcp.html useful. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. - Yiddish Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message