sounds like a tech who needs a bit more training or experience...i'll try to
point you to the where and how of it:
1. be in root to accomplish the following:
2. open drakconf
3. click on network setup
4. click on networking
5. click on basic host information
6. click on adapter 1
7. select the enabled button
8. select the Dhcp button
9. type in the Primary name + domain (this is something like
cm55631.cox-internet.com the cable company has given you this name)
10. make up a name for your computer and fill in alias (if you want to)
11. leave IP address blank
12. Netmask is optional - likely is 255.255.255.0
13. Net device ought likely be eth0
14. Kernal module ought to have been filled by mandrake during install
15. click accept to close the host basic configuration window
16. click on Name server specs (DNS) in the prior window
17. fill in the IP numbers for server 1 and 2 if cox has given you these...if
they've not, then you likely do not need them...IP numbers are quadsets of
the form: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
18. click accept to close that window
19. click routing and gateways on the prior window
20. click on "set defaults"
21. fill in the Default gateway quadset number...cox has given you this...
22. select "enable routing"
23. click on accept
24. click quit on immediately prior window
25. click quit on next prior window
26. click quit on the last window left open...another small window will
open...
27. click on "activate the changes" in this small window...
you ought now be online...kppp is not necessary for a cable modem; its used
for dial-ups...hope this gets you moving in the right direction...
frank
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Marcia Waller wrote:
> Dear All, Hello again. Can anyone help me find the easiest way to get on
> the internet with my newly installed FriendlyNet Asante 10/100 Fast PCI
> 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter? The Cox cable technician came yesterday,
> installed it for my Windows 95 but could not get it to work in my
> Windows 95. He says the driver would not install because I had some
> corrupt files in Windows 95. He blamed Linux for it. Personally, I do
> not think he really knew why it was not working. I asked him to help me
> with the Linux installation but he knew nothing about Linux. He got
> started with it and he did something with Kudzu then gave up. I do not
> know where he left off. I have gone through all of the archives and info
> on the net that I could find about using a cable modem with Linux. I am
> a true newbie and I just do not know the first thing about doing this.
> All I know is that my the domain name is cox-internet.com. The IP
> Address is automatically assigned by the server each time you log on.
> The Outgoing Mail Server is smtp.cox-internet.com. The Incoming Mail
> Server is pop.cox-internet.com. The FTP Server is ftp.tcainternet.com. I
> have Linux-Mandrake 7.0 complete with the DrakX graphical installer. Do
> you use Kppp for this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> Marcia
