Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I was successful at configuring my cable 
modem with Rick Byers instructions!!! The following lines seemed to make the 
difference in rc.conf

>net_interfaces="ne0"

and specifying my netmask to ifconfig_rtk0

thanks a buch to everyone that sent forth their suggestions...my stomach was 
beggining to churn thinking that I would have to use dhcp for my netbsd 
box....

I would never cus my roots and where I came from (System V(Linux)) but I 
really appreciate the lack of 'fat' in the netbsd core....this could be the 
begining of a beautiful relationship :o)

peace
pete
out
#!


>From: Rick Byers <rb-netbsd@BigScaryChildren.net>
>To: Peter Mancuso <unishell@hotmail.com>
>CC: <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
>Subject: Re: cable modem networking setup
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 09:31:39 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Add the lines similar to the following to /etc/rc.conf.  Replace
>"ne0" with the interface name of your ethernet card (seen in the
>bootup/dmesg output, or ifconfig -a).  This also assumes your IP is
>24.42.160.18 (i.e. @home's DNS is properly configured) - if not, put your
>IP there instead.  This also assumes your gateway is 24.42.160.1 (@home
>has followed that scheme in Ontario in the past, but yours might be
>different - MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT), if not - use the correct IP in
>defaultroute.
>
>hostname="cr281793-b.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com"
>auto_ifconfig=NO
>net_interfaces="ne0"
>ifconfig_ne0="inet 24.42.160.18 netmask 255.255.255.128"
>defaultroute="24.42.160.1"
>
>Also add:
>nameserver 24.2.9.33
>nameserver 24.2.9.35
>to /etc/resolv.conf.
>
>If all these IP addresses are correct and your cable modem / ethernet card
>are working properly than this should do the trick.  If not, try:
>ping -n 24.42.160.1    - can you talk to your default gateway?
>
>@Home usually reccomends using DHCP to automatically determine your IP and
>gateway, but my experience has been that the @Home DHCP servers are
>extremely unreliable.  They may have fixed the problem by now (I switched
>to ADSL a year ago), but since your information isn't likely to change you
>may be better off hard-coding it.
>
>However, if @Home does ever change any of this information, your
>connection will stop working possibly without notice (after using @home
>for 3 years, they decided to change everyones IP in my area).  You can use
>DHCP INSTEAD of hard-coding all the information if you like.  Setup
>/etc/dhclient.conf with lines like:
>
>send dhcp-client-identifier "cr281793-b"
>request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name, host-name,
>    domain-name-servers;
>require subnet-mask, routers;
>
>And then put "dhclient=YES" into /etc/rc.conf.
>
>Hope this helps,
>	Rick
>
>On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Peter Mancuso wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 13:49:30 -0400
> > From: Peter Mancuso <unishell@hotmail.com>
> > To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> > Subject: cable modem networking setup
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I have been trying to get my netbsd box up and running with cable modem. 
>But
> > I cant seem to do it. My NIC card seems to be up and running but I cant 
>seem
> > to set my configuration settings correctly. I am willing to pay 5$ 
>canadian
> > to anyone who can help me set up my network conf files....Im assuming 
>these
> > are hosts rc.conf and/or mygate/myname/defaultdomain. My name is 
>cr281793-b
> > and domain is wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx gate=same name
> > servers= 24.2.9.33,24.2.9.35, subnetmask 255.255.255.128
> >
> > please....help me!!!!!...Im savy with linux so Im not a total 
>newbie...but I
> > am new to netbsd......
> >
> > thanks for your time
> >
> > Peter
> >
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