Wow Jon...a ton of great info...thx.:) Jaguar Jon Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The "I wanna get my cable modem working" Howto > > Your cable modem works in Windoze, but not in Linux? > > Boot into Windows and open your email or web browser and > make SURE it is working. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Win98/Win98se/Winnt/Win2k Users (Win95 see bottom) > > Start,run,command.com > Command window opens, type into window ipconfig /all > (If you do ipconfig /all > \settings.txt you can open/print > the file made or open it in linux to get and keep your > settings handy) > > > And something like this will appear: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Windows 98 IP Configuration > > Host Name . . . . . . . . . : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10 > 192.168.0.23 > 192.168.0.1 > Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast > NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . : > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No > NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : Yes > > 0 Ethernet adapter : > > Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter. > Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00 > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes > IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . : > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > Primary WINS Server . . . . : > Secondary WINS Server . . . : > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : > Lease Expires . . . . . . . : > > 1 Ethernet adapter : > > Description . . . . . . . . : Novell 2000 Adapter. > Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-40-05-30-26-ED > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No > IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.224 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 > Primary WINS Server . . . . : > Secondary WINS Server . . . : > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : > Lease Expires . . . . . . . : > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take a look at your Adapter (In my case Novell 2000 > Adapter). > You are interested in IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default > Gateway, DHCP Enabled (yes or no), DNS Servers (at the top). > > Okay, now open your browser and look for proxy info, if you > find any copy it down. > (Netscape is under edit, preferences,advanced,proxies, > Manual proxy configuration (on mine)) > (In Internet Exploder I will not even try to suggest where > it might be, they change location like I change my sox) > > Open your email client now and look for name of mail server > (Something like mail.home.net) > Open a command window again and ping the name they give, > write the name and number down! > example: ping mail > reply from 192.168.0.50 > ping news > reply from 192.168.0.51 > > If your mail server is named mail and not > mail.something.somethingelse then your provider has an ALIAS > on his DNS server and you either must use his DNS numbers or > manually put in the ip number for "mail" yourself. I > suggest you use his DNS numbers because they may change the > numbers for the alias "mail" and then your mail will stop > working. Reasons they might have to change number? Server > crash, load balancing, just because they can... > > Same kinda thing goes for news. > Remember, if this alias exists it is not a real address. If > you go to another machine and try to get your mail you will > have to put the numbers in manually. > > Ok, now that you have all this info boot up linux and put > all those settings into linuxconf. > > If DHCP Enabled said yes then use it in linuxconf, probably > not a good idea to static your address if under Windoze it > was dynamic. > > After close of linuxconf you should be able to ping your > mail and news servers by name. If not, try by number. If > you can ping by number but not by name then go back into > linuxconf and fix the DNS entries. If you can't by number > either then ping your "Default Gateway", Still no joy? Do > ifconfig and check numbers for card. > > Open up netscape and input proxy server settings if any. > > If you are going to use Netscape for mail and news you can > set up the servers now. If you want you can edit /etc/hosts > to make your own alias to mail and news. > > > 192.168.0.50 mail mail.home.net > 192.168.0.51 news news.home.net > > > Since Netscape will not let you remove the default of "news" > you might as well use it for your news servers name. > > > Hopefully this got it for you. You now know more then many > 1st tier Tech Support people. (The ones YOU get to talk to) > Usually He/She has a database of common problems dealing > with M$ Windoze and very little knowledge of his/her own to > work with. If they are asked a question not in the database > they might call 2nd tier, who knows a little more, etc. > > > > > Jon Hunter > Computer Consultant / PC Fixit Dude > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Win95 users will have to use winipcfg instead of ipconfig. > This GUI will still give you the info but you won't be able > to print it. Don't forget to click the "more info" button. > Also make sure you look through ALL the adapters to make > sure you are choosing the right one. > > > ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
