-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 18 November 2003 9:14 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > Hello, > > Now that I have Mandrake installed, I'd like to get it to work with my > cable modem. I'm currently using a Linksys external cable modem, and > it's connected to my computer via USB. > > I also have a backup dial-up modem in the machine, but I only need to > use it when the cable goes down temporarily (doesn't happen often). > > I just had Belarc Advisor do a hardware/software profile of my > machine, and here's what it found under "Communications": > > ======================================= > Generic SoftK56 [Modem] > SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter > Network Card MAC Address: [snipped] > Network IP Address: [snipped] > ======================================= > > I don't know if the "SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" is an > internal card, or if this identifies my external cable modem.
This adaptor is the alternative you should be able to use instead of the USB connection to your cable modem Melissa. It's a "built-in" network interface on the main board and I know it works auto-magically since I just did a cable connection for a friend last night as part of a "What's this Linux stuff you and others keep talking about" Q&A session. She has the same chipset apparently since that's how the LiveCD version of Mandrake Linux identified it. (note to self: burn another copy since that one won't ever be returned it seems.) You still didn't give the required information my dear, _which_ Linksys USB cable modem? Is it this one: BEFCMU ? If so you have the option to disconnect from the USB and plug into the on-board ethernet connection. You should have the correct cable since they're provided in the box with the modem. The reason I keep saying (as do others) that you need to plug into the ethernet port is simple, the only driver files Linksys provides are for Windows. > In any event, when I went through the Mandrake installation, it > detected two things during the Network/Connection wizard: > > winmodem > lan lan=local area network. winmodem=P.I.T.A., also known as your generic 56k softmodem. Called that because it uses system resources to do the modem's job rather than utilizing hardware to do, and thus is less expensive than a real modem. You'll have to plug into the ethernet connection to get any satisfaction as far as I know. I tried a couple of years ago to get a USB cable modem to work and had zero luck. Things may have changed but from checking the Linksys site and doing a major Google search it would seem unlikely. The problem as always is that hardware vendors/manufacturers will jump through hoops to be "certified partners" to Microsoft but don't want to know from shinola about GNU/Linux. > Since it detected these, it suggested that instead of manually > configuring the IP address, etc., I should just accept the defaults as > detected (including depending on dhcp for detecting IP/gateway). I did > so, and everything *seemed* to be just fine. That will work as soon as you plug into the ethernet connection so that the system can actually find a connection to work with. > When I got into the KDE desktop, I found that I could not connect to > the Internet. I went into the Mandrake Control Center, and tried to > figure out what was happening. While I did see "sis900" listed under > the Network Configuration, there was no IP address, and no "gateway" > address (I'm not really sure what this is supposed to be). It can't find the modem, it has no drivers for it, in that persona the cable modem is worse than a winmodem for dial-up. > Does anyone here have experience with this type of external modem > working with Mandrake/Linux? What can I do to get connected? You've already done all you need, except for unplugging the USB and plugging into the ethernet port. Then just retrace your steps. > I really appreciate all the help and encouragement I've been given > here, and being ever greedy for more help, I ask that someone rescue > me now! :-) > > Thanks! If I wasn't roughly 3000 miles away you'd already have been playing "block the pop-ups" and "kill the cookies" from a GNU/Linux browser under your spiffy new Mandrake Linux install as you surfed your "Favourites." (-: Have I mentioned that you have to change the connection to the ethernet port yet? <eg> Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 10:32:40 up 18:32, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.07, 0.10 QOTD: "I used to go to UCLA, but then my Dad got a job." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/u7AyG11CaRuZZSIRApoTAJ9WwHHscyaZvW3/ZNZ1a5mF8n30XwCfVz4A nLSR9/wim+WfDJPQniLjDOg= =AjAB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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