Greetz, I have been running myself through the ringer trying to get debian to log onto my new Cox Communications cable modem using @home. I was given a new nic (Dlink dfe-550tx) that wasn't supported by linux. I found a site and pulled down source and attempted to build it for use on my 2.2.17 kernel (didn't happen) then finally pulled down kernel 2.4.7, where it is supported. I can boot up 2.4.7 and it sees both my nics (realtek and Dlink) and run pump but it fails every time.
At this point, I removed my lan from my realtek and started attempting to get pump to use that card (cat5 connection). It still failed. I purged then re-installed pump and tried again using 2.2.17 kernel. Finally, I rounded up an old win95 laptop. I had a TRENDnet pcmcia dual-nic and loaded up windoz drivers for this. What a pain! Anyway, after dozens of reboots and locating my very old win95 cdrom, was able to get the nic working in this computer. Finally I loaded up some of the software [EMAIL PROTECTED] gives you. It tried and died and would not get online with the cable modem. Huh. . . A call to local cable buddy. We ponder the windoz network settings. Should work. Using Winipcfg, I released all, then renewed all - fails. . . Finally he asks, what's my Identity setting? I looked at my booklet and told him what it said. He informs me that isn't right, it has to have at least this many digits (forgot what number). I look at my reciept and there is a CX number. Is this required? Yes(!) he reports. I set the new identity tab, boot a few more times and it still fails. Then he asks again what number I was given and then reports, that it is not correct! . . . Okay, he gets on the telephone and comes back in a minute and says I had the wrong number and we type in the new number, boot. Bingo, I am now online with the cable modem with a DHCP'd ip address. So, now I KNOW the cable modem works. I can smirf as fast as the old lap top can go. Back to my nics. I rename my computers HOSTNAME to the number and re-run pump.. It fails. Next I issue the pump command using the -h hostname and -i interface, and it still fails. This is where I am. Sorry about the long post, but wanted to include the background of where I've been. Also note, I have read the cablemodem-howto at linuxdoc.org and not just the @home entries, but all of them... I'm stumped. Any help would be very greatly appreciated. thank you -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user \/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!