From owner-freebsd-net Fri Dec 10 16: 9:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F18414CAD for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:09:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: from current1.whiste.com (current1.whistle.com [207.76.205.22]) by alpo.whistle.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA43879; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:09:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:09:04 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Stan Brown Cc: FreeBSD Networking Subject: Re: New computer won't talk to cablemodem In-Reply-To: <199912102330.PAA03975@netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Stan Brown wrote: > I am in the process of setting up a "new" computer to use as a gatewy > to the world for my home network. > > I am presently accessing the world through an @home cablemodem via a > FreeBSD 2.2.8 machine, and natd. Works great. > > I have scrounged up an old 486 to take this machines place. I built > 3.3-STABLE on it, and started trying to make a similar setup work. > Unfortunately I can't seem to get as far as pinging the cabemodem > providers gateway machine :-( I must be doing something dumbe here. > Here is what I see: On cable modems I have tried, I had to power down the modem and power it back up. It remembers the MAC address it wants to talk to and won't talk to any others. Julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message