Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:50:19 -0700 From: Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com> To: Alejandro Heyworth <heyworth@digitaldisciples.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modem install.... Message-ID: <00083111524402.00252@butthead.walker> In-Reply-To: <v03110700b5d341f26a3a@[172.142.154.29]> References: <v03110700b5d341f26a3a@[172.142.154.29]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- RoadRunner is much different than @home. When they came and installed your cable service they took down the mac address of the NIC that was on the machine they put it on. They use the mac address to give out ip address with dhcp. Really all you need to do is take the NIC out of the machine that they put it on and put that NIC in the machine you want it to work on. On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Alejandro Heyworth wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to do a net install of freebsd 4.1 over a DHCP-based cable > modem (road runner). The installer from the book floppy will not recognize > the dhcp server or I'm messing up the configuration. In either case, I am > stumped. Does anyone know of a solution? The installer is basically > forcing me to enter network information for the card despite the presence > of the dynamic IP... > > Thanks > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Thank You, Caleb Walker (310) 519-8359 (310) 753-8668 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: si1BJUhpZYGbSw6fXDKk5IWQnkxS0KoS iQA/AwUBOa6pfOePhvvqImYFEQLzwwCgh8bdUFTz77YirILZncBGFPkZe+cAoN/6 eKooGLaqe2C917z6BUipvHbL =pTde -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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