From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 17 21:44:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA28578 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:44:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mustang.pacificnet.net (pm3h-6.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28573 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:44:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pacificnet.net) Received: from localhost (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mustang.pacificnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA00367 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:48:22 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:48:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joey \"bear-\" Garcia" X-Sender: root@mustang To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Cable Modems and FreeBSD Question Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey guys/gals! Okay I got a pretty simple question. Well, actually I have two questions. Let me fill you in on my deal and then list the questions on order. I was thinking about getting a cable modem service from Media One here in the Los Angeles area. I don't know much about their reputation on the cable modem deal since it's a pretty new service, but I thought I'd give it a try. My questions are: 1) According to Media One, I must have a TCP/IP stack that supports DHCP addressing. Does FreeBSD support this, and would it be easy to set FreeBSD up with a cable modem? 2) What do you guys think about those cheap NE2000 compatible boards that you can get from the Computer Shows? They any good? I've looked at a few of those boards and I noticed that none of the boards I looked at had jumpers. I've never set up a network card before, so I dont know what would be up with the IRQ's and stuff. I'm just worried that I might get a PnP type NIC instead of a good ole' "set the jumpers" type NIC. Any ideas? Well, that that seemed like more than two questions, but I'd appreciate the help. Thanks! Joey Bear Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message