Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:18:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Charles Mott <cmott@scientech.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Src code for @Home NIC Card for Slaming into UNIX - Re: (Form posted from Mozilla (KMM25773C0KM)) Message-ID: <199903122218.OAA01216@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:03:58 MST." <36E8BC5E.66F7AC89@softweyr.com>
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> Charles Mott wrote: > > > > On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > You probably don't need their funky NIC card in all likelyhood their nic card > > > is an ethernet > > > card and if so you may want to kindly give TCI their "NIC Card" back --- > > > they really > > > ought to specify what exactly do they mean by "NIC Card". > > > > > > Amancio > > > > The question is, how are IP addresses assigned? The Time Warner "Road > > Runner" system is known to use a DHCP-like mechanism which has been > > deciphered. I haven't read anything about @Home. Of course, static > > addressing would be preferable. > > >From their FAQ it sounds like they give you a single static address. > With NAT, that's entire enough, now isn't it? ;^) A staffer at WC recently ordered service from @home, and reported that it took about 30 seconds to configure his FreeBSD system to use it, compared to about 5 reboots and 30+ minutes for W95 on the same machine. He's written up a FAQ entry for @home and is hoping that they will add it to their list. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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