On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:13:29AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > I've *finally* got a cable modem (after waiting about 7 years:) > however, I can't seem to get Linux to connect.
축하합니다! Oh, er, I mean, congratulations! [snip] > I've tried using pump to get an address, and watched daemon.log and > an ethereal trace, and both show a bootp request going out, but > nothing ever comes back. Try using something other than pump, namely dhclient. Or dhcpcd. If you remember, at MCL we used to have some problems where some people could get IPs fine if they used pump, but not dhcpcd. Others had the opposite problem. I've run into this at home, too. > Does Comcast require you to register MAC addresses? Not anymore. > I know MediaOne did, but the guy came today and just hooked up the > cable modem and left. I just got basic installtion, so he didn't > muck with the system at all in order to get a MAC address from it, > nor did he mention to my wife that I'd have to do this. Presumably it was working under Windows? Or did you even try it? Did he give you a CD? You may need to install it. Or call tech support. I vaguely remember having to go through some sort of web-based set-up thing. But I thought that wasn't necessary any more either. > Netgear NIC If Matt B. says this is the problem, don't listen... ;-) On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:36:56AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've also noticed that the Send and Receive lights are solid green. > This doesn't seem right to me, as I'd expect them to flash with > traffic. And, since I know there's no traffic, they shouldn't be > flashing, or even on. One day all of a sudden I noticed the same thing. AT&T/Comcast seems to have done something to reverse the sense of the modem lights. They appear to blink OFF when there is traffic. YMMV. On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:42:09AM -0400, Greg Bonnette wrote: > You can connect to Comcast with Linux (or a Broadband router etc.), but > I believe the initial connection requires a Windows PC in order to run > the setup CD they supply you with. I thought I remembered that this isn't necessary any longer, but I may be mistaken. > Also update your kernel, and patch your system completely. You are > entering an entirely new world of exposure by having a Linux box on the > outside. If you are unfamiliar with Linux security, I recommend running > the Bastille script (http://www.bastille-linux.org/) before connecting > your machine to the internet. Know anything about security, Paul? =8^) -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers.
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