On 16 Aug 2001 12:42:29 -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > 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
Have you tried echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr and rerunning pump? --mike
