Re: Setting up ntl cable modem/DHCP?
Not sure if this will help but anyway :-) I had a similar problem at work where by my desktop PC running Debian couldn't get an IP address from the DHCP server (which was a M$ NT server). Other windows machines (including my desktop when booted into windows) could. However this only happened if I was on a different subnet to the DHCP server - if I was on the same subnet the Debian box got an IP every time without a hitch. The way I solved this was to install the dhcp-relay package on the debnian box which simply forwards any DHCP offers to a specific IP address. As it works perfectly this way I have never bothered to find out what the problem was. Like I said not sure if this would work in your case. I'd be interested in knowing when you get it working though as I considering NTL broadband jobby aswell, although I not going back to windows just to use a faster connection :-) -- Jason Chambers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Leicester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I think I could be tantalisingly close to getting a cable modem up and running with my Debian box (Woody on a Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 PPro SMP) if I could just get my DHCP client to talk to my cable operator's DHCP server. The story so far: *Cable Modem side - My cable operator is ntl (England, SE London/Kent) I know that the line in to my home, the set top box (Pace DITV-1000 Phase 1b) and the cat5 UTP (crossover) cable to my Debian box is working. This is because an ntl installation technician has connected to the service using his laptop. When I have tried to connect my Debian box I know the service is available because of the info on the user information screen I can display on my TV. *My Debian Box - I believe that my Ethernet card is set-up OK because when using dmesg | more I can find: ThunderLAN driver v1.14a TLAN: eth0 irq=20, io=1400, Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP, Rev. 16 TLAN: 1 device installed, PCI: 1 EISA: 0 Also when I run ifconfig I get: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:5F:C1:55:40 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:27288 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:8 TX packets:35281 errors:26 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:26 collisions:1536 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:3840126 (3.6 MiB) TX bytes:3130668 (2.9 MiB) Interrupt:20 Base address:0x1400 lo Link encap:Local Loopback UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:9195 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9195 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3010625 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:3010625 (2.8 MiB) For what its worth I am also getting a solid green and flashing amber LEDs on the card, unfortunately I don't have a home network or other Ethernets devices I can use to test it. The DHCP client software I am using is chcp3-client v3.0+3.0.1r when I run the dhclient command I get the following: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:80:5f:c1:55:40 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:80:5f:c1:55:40 Listening on LPF/lo/ Sending on LPF/lo/ Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. Tried the dhclient -s option on the two ntl DNS address' listed in DHCP mini-HOWTO and the STB IP addr of my box but still no joy. Ntl do not officially support Linux and getting any form of in-depth technical information out of them is almost impossible. But the DHCP mini-HOWTO and anecdotal evidence from a conversation with the ntl installation technician (unfortunately he don't know how) indicate that a Linux box can be connected. I would be very grateful if anyone could give me some pointers as to what I am missing or getting wrong. Thanks in advance James -- Personalised email by http://another.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting up ntl cable modem/DHCP?
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 10:41:18AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I could be tantalisingly close to getting a cable modem up and running with my Debian box (Woody on a Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 PPro SMP) if I could just get my DHCP client to talk to my cable operator's DHCP server. Hello, I'm not a NTL cable user yet, tho I hope to be soon :) However, I do remeber reading that you need to specify your user name to your dhcp client for the ip request to work. Check out: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Cable-Modem/isps.html Hope this helps. j. -- Its a feature not a bug! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting up ntl cable modem/DHCP?
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 10:41:18AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi The DHCP client software I am using is chcp3-client v3.0+3.0.1r when I run the ?dhclient? command I get the following: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:80:5f:c1:55:40 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:80:5f:c1:55:40 Listening on LPF/lo/ Sending on LPF/lo/ Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. And what does your /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf say? -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: setting up a cable-modem
The card is an internal PnP card. George Bonser wrote: You have a cable modem that installed into your computer? Most cable modems are external with an ethernet card installed in the computer. On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: Has anyone successfully setup a PnP Cable-Modem in Linux? I'm guessing I will have to use isapnptools to set it up. If you have been successfull at this, please help. Thanks for your time. -- ` Aaron Walker Work: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `` -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . George Bonser Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ` Aaron Walker Work: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `` -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: setting up a cable-modem
The card is made by General Instruments. The TV cable does go into the back of the card. In my house, we have only 1 cable box, and that's in the living room. My linux box is in my room. So there's no cable box within 25 feet of my computer. I read the cable-modem mini-HOWTO and it says that linux supports my ISP (MediaOne). The HOWTO says that it will detect the card, then use DHCP to talk with the 'net. I can't even get Linux to detect it. Debian won't detect it on boot, so when the boot prompt comes up, I type: linux ether=11, 0x300. This does not work either. Any ideas? George Bonser wrote: Right, but I will bet you it is an internal PnP ehthernet card. As for as I know so far, nobody is making internal cable-modems ... in other words, I will bet that the TV cable does not plug into it, I will bet that the cable company gave you a different cable box and there is a separate cable between that box and the computer ... that is probably an ethernet coax. On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: The card is an internal PnP card. George Bonser wrote: You have a cable modem that installed into your computer? Most cable modems are external with an ethernet card installed in the computer. On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: Has anyone successfully setup a PnP Cable-Modem in Linux? I'm guessing I will have to use isapnptools to set it up. If you have been successfull at this, please help. Thanks for your time. -- ` Aaron Walker Work: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `` -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . George Bonser Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ` Aaron Walker Work: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `` George Bonser Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- ` Aaron Walker Work: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal: Site: http://www.iconmedia.com/aaron Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `` -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: setting up a cable-modem
The card is made by General Instruments. The TV cable does go into the back of the card. In my house, we have only 1 cable box, and that's in the living room. My linux box is in my room. So there's no cable box within 25 feet of my computer. I read the cable-modem mini-HOWTO and it says that linux supports my ISP (MediaOne). The HOWTO says that it will detect the card, then use DHCP to talk with the 'net. I can't even get Linux to detect it. Debian won't detect it on boot, so when the boot prompt comes up, I type: linux ether=11, 0x300. This does not work either. Any ideas? Might be unrelated, but I think that no spaces are allowed in arguments; i.e., linux ether=11,0x300 is more correct. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: setting up a cable-modem
On 14-Dec-97 Aaron Walker wrote: The card is made by General Instruments. The TV cable does go into the back of the card. YIKES! That is ALL we need, RF interference problems from computers on the cable-TV circuit. The reason I was skeptical was that I was with a company desinging the power supplies for a couple of different cable modem companies. WHen asked why they didn't just put it on a card in the PC, the answer was RF interference problems. Sorry for doubting you, just that all the cable-modems I have seen have been ehternet to the computer. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
