From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 16 15: 5:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from netstalker.inetu.net (r7a003462as.atw.cable.rcn.com [209.122.155.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA2A1513F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kerberus@inetu.net) Received: from inetu.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netstalker.inetu.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15465; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:04:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kerberus@inetu.net) Message-ID: <36EEE388.BC88C854@inetu.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:04:40 -0500 From: Charlie Root Reply-To: kerberus@inetu.net Organization: InetU, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SERVICE Jim -TS+NP DVLPMT Cc: "'Jim Ballantine'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modem install References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I use my laptop on a cable modem witha dialup return, and i have not ever had problems connecting to the network, i just set the default ip address, and my default gateway, and set the /etc/resolv.conf to a known nameserver and thats it...... its like having dial-on-demand.... Kerberus SERVICE Jim -TS+NP DVLPMT wrote: > I just connected the 10baseT cable from the modem to my > network card, changed the hostname, IP address, netmask, > resolv.conf, and so on, rebooted and that was it. > > --Jim > > OHT Inc. > mailto:jim.service@oht.hydro.on.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message