On Wednesday 15 October 2003 15:00, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 05:49 am, Len Lawrence wrote: > > Can anybody tell me just what information would be required for a > > simple standalone setup? And is it true that the cable modem can only > > be initialized by proprietary software? > > I went thru something like this when I hooked up with Charter. I simply > told the tech that I was willing to sign to the effect that I took all > responsibility for getting the Ambit modem working with my setup. He called > his supervisor and that was good enough for them. > > > I have perused various HOWTOs without seeing exactly what kind of > > information is needed. IP addresses of course. Presumably I could > > badger Telewest to give me those in written form, but what else? The > > dialup connection was simple to configure because Demon provided all > > the relevant parameters. > > Hmm, once they "provisioned" my cable modem, all it took was a simple (as > root): > > ifdown eth0 > > then > > ifup eth0 > > and it acquired everything that was needed. > > I'm assuming that "service network restart" would do the same thing. > > Keep us informed as to how it goes! :-) > > PS This link may help some: > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Cable-Modem/ Happened likewise here.
There was sheer panic in the eyes of the guy who came to install when he saw it was Linux;) Gave him a cup of coffee, said "watch me do it, and yell whoa if you think I'll break something." He was stunned that I had it up and running before he'd even had a chance to sip his coffee. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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