Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:03:20 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Internet Access Over CableTV Message-ID: <15151.23464.598862.36853@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <15151.21830.277392.837408@guru.mired.org> References: <39590841@toto.iv> <15151.21830.277392.837408@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> types: > Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net> types: > > I've just retired my trusty 56K modem and opted for DSL-like speeds > > (256/64) and "always on" through Charter Communications, my local Cable > > TV company. Attachment is via UCB. > > > > My question is: before I go hacking through my configuration files, can > > someone tell me if support for that kind of Internet connection exists > > in BSD 4.3. Dmesg indicated that it located the Linksys UCB adaptor and > > labelled it ugen0. Will I need to get a special driver? > > I think you'll need to *write* a special driver for it. If it's > labelled as ugen0, it's not recognized as either a modem or ethernet > internface, and you're not going to be able to use it. > > The best solution is to go back to Charter Communications and beat on > them until you get a box that connects via ethernet instead of USB. One last thing that I forgot - try building a kernel with the umodem device as a static device. You'll need usb and either uhci or ohci, though both won't hurt, as well. That kernel may recognize it as a USB modem, in which case you can use it that way. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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