Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:15:41 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mitayai@aecinfo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <tech@aecinfo.com> Subject: Re: Cable Modem Message-ID: <4.1.19990208111155.00c6ec30@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <00e901be538b$d5c54f30$efd992d1@p09.aecinfo.com>
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At 09:52 AM 2/8/99 , Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe wrote: >as an addendum, i have a hypothesis which is untried (i have to wait until >my colleague Ed tries this from home, but if you think it won;t work or >there is a better suggestion, please let me know). > >If we connect the box via win95 and run winipcfg, will it report the >dynamically assigned IP, gateway, and netmask? Are you asking, or stating? Anyways, if it's all dynamically assigned, then you need to get a DHCP client for your FreeBSD machine. visit http://www.freebsd.org/ports/net.html for a DHCP client and http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/index.htm for information on setting one up. >>I was wondering if anyone has had much success connecting via the so-called >>"cable modem". Tons of people. >>The IP is relatively static, however finding the gateway and netmask is >>being quite the chore. By "relatively static" I assume it moves every few days/hours/weeks or so.. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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