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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dennis Mathiasen <dennislm@dreamscape.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cable modem choices
Message-ID:  <20011017232538.P22111-100000@db-cvad-1-tmp.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <NFBBLPGAMKGJPAINGIJKCEPNCHAA.dennislm@dreamscape.com>

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Dennis Mathiasen wrote:

>
> I haven't been able to locate information on how these things actually work.
> Apparently the ISP just uses DHCP, but what about any authentication?

	These items are generally very different between providers. You're
generally better off leasing the modem from your ISP. Take a look at
http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/Cable-Modem.html to start, and do a web
search if that doesn't answer your questions.

Doug
-- 
    "We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail."
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          September 20, 2001

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