Re: DLINK-220 (was Re: rogers wave cable access....)
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: 2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000? D-Link 220's are PnP NE-2000 clones. If you get isapnptools you should be able to configure the card in linux and then use the ne driver. I have tried to do this without success. I tried pnpdump without any options, but it only listed my AWE32 and modem. When I did this, it looked at regport 0x203. Is there a possiility that the dlink220 is on another regport? Cheers, Colin. Have you tried the setup disk that came with it? Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: DLINK-220 (was Re: rogers wave cable access....)
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: D-Link 220's are PnP NE-2000 clones. If you get isapnptools you should be able to configure the card in linux and then use the ne driver. I have tried to do this without success. I tried pnpdump without any options, but it only listed my AWE32 and modem. When I did this, it looked at regport 0x203. Is there a possiility that the dlink220 is on another regport? Cheers, Colin. You can turn PnP mode off on D-Links, so that they will function as a plain NE-2000 mode. You can set all this via the configuration diskette that comes with there card. For the reference, I use the 200 PnP (in the NE2k mode) on my Linux server, and in my other Linux workstation. If you don't have the diskette, you can get it from the FTP server or Web server from D-Link. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
DLINK-220 (was Re: rogers wave cable access....)
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: 2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000? D-Link 220's are PnP NE-2000 clones. If you get isapnptools you should be able to configure the card in linux and then use the ne driver. I have tried to do this without success. I tried pnpdump without any options, but it only listed my AWE32 and modem. When I did this, it looked at regport 0x203. Is there a possiility that the dlink220 is on another regport? Cheers, Colin. -- Colin R. Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = 09 E9 DA 66 9C EE 33 DC B8 3B 97 0E 01 BC EC 0B PGP Public Key at URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
Ron Welch wrote: FWIW, there a new version of the DHCP mini-HOWTO at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/DHCPd This HOWTO is for the DHCP ***server*** I appears to have been updated on 5 March 1997. It no longer mentions winipcfg. P.S. Does anyone know about how this wave does authentication. Does it use Kerberos? -- -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: 2) According to the HOWTO, you need to get winipcfg (or what ever it is called the probes the cable modem server for an ip address) to write out it's information to file using some switch (specifics listed in HOWTO). The HOWTO then goes on to instruct the user to boot to debian using loadlin. I don't do this this way and I assume that you can just use lilo as long as the partition where the winip output file is stored is accessible. This is a hack to get around the fact that linux did not have a DHCPD client. There is a debian dhcpcd (client daemon) package in bo, it should be a matter of installing this package and watching as everything works ; At least that is how dhcpd is suppost to work. 1) Can one get dhcpcd to probe the server itself? I thought that this software basically replicated the winipcfg program. This is what it was written to do. 2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000? D-Link 220's are PnP NE-2000 clones. If you get isapnptools you should be able to configure the card in linux and then use the ne driver. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access.... (DHCP mini-HOWTO)
I was the author of the original DHCP client mini-HOWTO. I wrote it last fall, but withdrew it this winter, because it had become obsolete. The HOWTO described a technique for using Win95 DHCP information to give Linux its necessary IP identity and server information. It was a stopgap, and did not handle lease renewal. I received several complaints about this. The HOWTO was supposed to be called Win95+DHCP or something like that, but the name became overly generalized. At the time I wrote it, dhcpcd (the most commonly used Linux DHCP client) was in earlier versions, and did not work with my ISP's DHCP server. So I described the stopgap method. Shortly afterward, dhcpcd was improved, and it's what I use now. I am also participating in debugging the ISC DHCP client. Very briefly, the easy way to use dhcpcd is to install it and invoke it in your boot scripts. I think that's all the current Debian package does. You also need to link /etc/resolv.conf to /etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf. I do agree there's probably a need for a DHCP client mini-HOWTO. Sorry for the short lifetime of mine, but it really did become unnecessary shortly after I wrote it. Regards, Dan Halbert -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
What kind of cable modems are they leasing to you? Zenith? LAN City? Or are they doing it some other way? If so, I can't provide much help :/ With either the Zenith or the LAN City product, the cable modem is actaully an ethernet switch/cable modem, and an ehternet card is installed into your PC. So, all you need to have are the drivers for the ethernet card (shouldn't be a big deal, Linux has a ton) and all the pertinent IP info. In my real (read day) job, I work for Midcontinent Media in Sioux Falls, SD. We are attempting to roll out cable access - we already have it active in a few test markets. It's going well ... people love the 1 Mbps access speeds, and they like the price. -- Nathan Norman:Hostmaster CFNI:[EMAIL PROTECTED] finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key and other stuff Key fingerprint = CE 03 10 AF 32 81 18 58 9D 32 C2 AB 93 6D C4 72 -- On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Richard Morin wrote: :Hi folks, :I've ignored the cable access threads in the past because it didn't :pertain to me. Now, I've been fortunate enough to have been selected for :a free three month trial of rogers wave in my area (Internet access :through our cable giant Rogers). I was wondering if anyone could let me :know which packages I should be looking into to make it work under Debian. :Any other canucks out there using the wave? : :As soon as the intallers from the cable company leave, re-boot from win95, :and check that baby out, I can't wait.I hope they don't expect me to :analyze their software too;-) : :TIA : :Rich Morin :[EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : :-- :TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] . :Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
You will probably have to figure how to authenticate yourself on the cable company's network, and how to get an IP address assigned to you if it is done dynamically. I have the RoadRunner cable modem service from Time-Warner, and they us DHCP to assign IPs and Kerberos to do authentication. -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- Ron Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:(607)770-3701 Fax:(607)770-2056 Lockheed Martin Control Systems 600 Main St Johnson City, NY 13790-1888 --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Richard Morin wrote: I've ignored the cable access threads in the past because it didn't pertain to me. Now, I've been fortunate enough to have been selected for a free three month trial of rogers wave in my area (Internet access through our cable giant Rogers). I was wondering if anyone could let me know which packages I should be looking into to make it work under Debian. Any other canucks out there using the wave? As soon as the intallers from the cable company leave, re-boot from win95, and check that baby out, I can't wait.I hope they don't expect me to analyze their software too;-) I don't know much about this, but I am in the same boat - I am travelling to Burlington to hook up a machine that runs off the Wave. So I thought I would describe what I thought needs to be done and then ask a few questions of my own. First, read the dhcpcd mini HOWTO and the documentation to it (I have yet to install this and look at the documentation other than the HOWTO). To be done(?): 1) Set up debian to use the ethernet card in your box just as you would if you were directly connected to the internet with a fixed ip address. This should be fairly straight forward depending on you ethernet card. 2) According to the HOWTO, you need to get winipcfg (or what ever it is called the probes the cable modem server for an ip address) to write out it's information to file using some switch (specifics listed in HOWTO). The HOWTO then goes on to instruct the user to boot to debian using loadlin. I don't do this this way and I assume that you can just use lilo as long as the partition where the winip output file is stored is accessible. 3) (vague) Use the dhcp client ( dhcpcd ) to parse the information from that file and ... done? I know this is quite vague but I am hoping to have others fill in the blanks. Anyway, the questions this raises are: 1) Can one get dhcpcd to probe the server itself? I thought that this software basically replicated the winipcfg program. 2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000? Cheers, Colin. PS. I will report my failure/success as I go and would be quite happy to contribute the either/both the dhcpcd documentation and the mini-HOWTO. -- Colin R. Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = 09 E9 DA 66 9C EE 33 DC B8 3B 97 0E 01 BC EC 0B PGP Public Key at URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
One other thing I forgot to mention. I think you can also use alternative sofware such as bootp, but I am quite sure that Rogers Wave uses the dhcp protocol. Cheers. -- Colin R. Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = 09 E9 DA 66 9C EE 33 DC B8 3B 97 0E 01 BC EC 0B PGP Public Key at URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
Colin R. Telmer wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Richard Morin wrote:
I've ignored the cable access threads in the past because it didn't
pertain to me. Now, I've been fortunate enough to have been selected for
a free three month trial of rogers wave in my area (Internet access
through our cable giant Rogers). I was wondering if anyone could let me
know which packages I should be looking into to make it work under Debian.
Any other canucks out there using the wave?
As soon as the intallers from the cable company leave, re-boot from win95,
and check that baby out, I can't wait.I hope they don't expect me to
analyze their software too;-)
I don't know much about this, but I am in the same boat - I am travelling
to Burlington to hook up a machine that runs off the Wave. So I thought I
would describe what I thought needs to be done and then ask a few
questions of my own.
First, read the dhcpcd mini HOWTO and the documentation to it (I have yet
to install this and look at the documentation other than the HOWTO).
To be done(?):
1) Set up debian to use the ethernet card in your box just as you would if
you were directly connected to the internet with a fixed ip address. This
should be fairly straight forward depending on you ethernet card.
2) According to the HOWTO, you need to get winipcfg (or what ever it is
called the probes the cable modem server for an ip address) to write out
it's information to file using some switch (specifics listed in HOWTO).
The HOWTO then goes on to instruct the user to boot to debian using
loadlin. I don't do this this way and I assume that you can just use lilo
as long as the partition where the winip output file is stored is
accessible.
3) (vague) Use the dhcp client ( dhcpcd ) to parse the information from
that file and ... done?
The process described in the mini-HOWTO /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/DHCP.gz
is a *kludge* which in no way actually uses DHCP. It also *is not*
guaranteed to work even. Suppose you gave up your lease on the IP
after you shut down Win95? Then copying the data that you got from
winipcfg would do you *no good*.
The proper thing to do is use dhcpcd. I have it at home. I haven't
tried it yet ('cause I don't have my server set up yet either).
I know this is quite vague but I am hoping to have others fill in the
blanks. Anyway, the questions this raises are:
1) Can one get dhcpcd to probe the server itself? I thought that this
software basically replicated the winipcfg program.
The only *way* for dhcpcd to get the info is to probe the server.
winipcfg does nothing but read values out of the Registry which have
been set by the Win95 DHCP client code.
2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000?
== zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.gz
indicates that the D-LINK 200 is supported. Perhaps the D-LINK 220
is compatible/also-supported. (Yes, it says the ne2000 driver is
used for that card.)
Anyway, the upshot of all this is that you should get the dhcpcd
package. *Ignore* the DHCP mini-HOWTO--there is nothing of value
in there for you.
--
Jens B. Jorgensen
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Re: rogers wave cable access....
FWIW, there a new version of the DHCP mini-HOWTO at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/DHCPd I appears to have been updated on 5 March 1997. It no longer mentions winipcfg. P.S. Does anyone know about how this wave does authentication. Does it use Kerberos? -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- Ron Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:(607)770-3701 Fax:(607)770-2056 Lockheed Martin Control Systems 600 Main St Johnson City, NY 13790-1888 --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: rogers wave cable access....
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Ron Welch wrote: FWIW, there a new version of the DHCP mini-HOWTO at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/DHCPd unfortunately that is the server (dhcpd), not the client (dhcpcd). After I take a stab at this, perhaps I'll try to write up a client mini-HOWTO. As for the kerbosos, I'll let you know after the weekend. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin R. Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = 09 E9 DA 66 9C EE 33 DC B8 3B 97 0E 01 BC EC 0B PGP Public Key at URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
