I don't know if any of this will help you at all, but you should be able
to use Solaris directly connected to your cable modem without a
problem. I currently have Comcast service and use an x86 box running a
current Solaris Nevada build as my firewall and NAT box for an internal
home network. The host has one interface plugged directly into the
cable modem with DHCP enabled and one on the internal network.
The external interface uses DHCP to get it's address and is configured
as follows:
/etc/hostname.{external-interface}
empty file
/etc/dhcp.{external-interface}
wait 10
This causes the external interface to be configured and request it's
address via DHCP at system startup.
I have a custom DHCP event hook script (/etc/dhcp/eventhook) that
updates my internal DNS configuration, updates my dynamic DNS info out
on the internet, and some other things specific to my situation.
The local interface is statically configured and the system runs a DHCP
server for my local network.
I am able to access services on the internet from the firewall host
running Solaris and from my internal network hosts running Solaris
without any problems. I have plugged my laptop running Solaris and
using DHCP into my cable modem directly in the past, as well.
-Norm
Brian Cutillo wrote:
> i have a cable on my p3 with solaris 10- but comcast sais i have to enable
> dhcp for network browsing, otherwise (as now) I can only use knoppix or
> slackware to browse- since i am connected.
> How do I enable DHCP- or how else can I get web servers to respond to my
> connection?
> tia _ink
>
