Getting connected over ethernet is easy: just hook up a second NIC and run dhcpcd against the new network device (you can probably do this from your desktop network configuration program).
I'm not familiar with doing this over USB, one discussion I found from google suggests running wvdial against the USB device, effectively starting a PPP connection against it. From there I would expect it to be all automated by pppd. From what little searching I have done, there doesn't seem to be a lot of information available on using a cable modem over USB. Wayne wrote: > First time I sent this it was via a different e-mail addy that the list > doesn't recognize. ignore it when/if you see it Sean > > Hi all, haven't done much but lurked since I joined the list a few months > ago. At that time I was trying to get a connection server/firewall set up > for my dial up system which I finally did. Now I just got Optimum Online and > I configured another box with W2K for the short term to get it up and > running which it is (sweet! 5000kbps (I was getting as fast as 26.4kbps on > my dial up)). I would like to get back to my linux connection server (or > should I just go with a router and be done with it?) but I don't know where > to start. I have a Motorola SB5100 Cable Modem running on USB. I have RH 9 > but can also use Mandrake 9.1 . First off, can I use the SB5100 with USB in > Linux or do I have to get a second NIC? Next, what do I have to do to have > Linux recognize the SB5100 (it shows up in the "Hardware Browser" as a > Broadcom Corporation USB Cable Modem, Driver unknown but I don't know where > to get/ install a driver for it)? Finally, where do I go from there? TIA > for any > info. > > Wayne > > PS, hope to finally make a meeting this week....Told the boss I WILL BE gone > ON-TIME on Wednesday (If I had one wish......ok, make that TWO wishes, I > wish that the meetings started at 7:00-8:00 o'clock) > > > _______________________________________________ > mhvlug mailing list - http://mhvlug.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.dague.net/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cloud9.net/~proteus ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no way to find the best design except to try out as many designs as possible and discard the failures. - Freeman Dyson ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ mhvlug mailing list - http://mhvlug.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.dague.net/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug
