Re: [nottingham] ntl cable modem

From: RichardN (lists@boo-tm.com)
Date: Wed 03 Oct 2001 - 14:43:42 BST


Heya,

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, James Maitland Chapman wrote:

> I have a debian machine set up to use as a gateway doing ip-masquerading, it
> currently is only using my modem as I have been unable to get any sense out of
> ntl in regard to the configuration of the ntl side network card.
>
> Does anyone have a similar configuration and could either provide me with, or
> point me in the direction of the necessary settings?

With the cable modems which come from ntl (mine here is a surfboard from
motarola) the modem will just dhcp you a lease with your ip address, so
you should be able to use something like dhcpc, dhclient, or pump.

-- 
RichardN
me@richardn.net

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