From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 11 19: 9:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from tbuswell.ne.mediaone.net (tbuswell.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.24.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D466214F28 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:08:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tbuswell@tbuswell.ne.mediaone.net) Received: (from tbuswell@localhost) by tbuswell.ne.mediaone.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) id WAA55650; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:03:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tbuswell) From: Ted Buswell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:03:54 -0500 (EST) To: Piet Delaney Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Src code for @Home NIC Card for Slaming into UNIX - Re: (Form posted from Mozilla (KMM25773C0KM)) In-Reply-To: <199903120227.SAA22664@hpfsvr02.cup.hp.com> References: <199903120227.SAA22664@hpfsvr02.cup.hp.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14056.33022.162512.398060@tbuswell.ne.mediaone.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You don't need the source code for the ethernet card that they sell you. You can simply buy an ethernet card that you know works with your OS. Like the guy said, the cable modem is an external device. It talks 10BaseT on one end and cable network on the other. This information is in their FAQ. http://www.tci.net/tcinet.pgs/athomeframe.html You should consider yourself fortunate, receiving such a UNIX friendly response. -Ted Piet Delaney writes: > > From moreinfo@tci.net Thu Mar 11 18:06:03 PST 1999 [...] > > You are not required to use Windows, but TCI@Home does not support = > > Unix > > so installing and configuring the TCI@Home service to work with your = > > LAN > > and operating system is your responsibility. The TCI@Home technician > > will install the external cable modem and leave you with the NIC card > > and software. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message