connect to Internet via cable modem
Any thought on how I can do this? Any packages out there to do this?
Re: connect to Internet via cable modem
On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 01:17:53PM -0500, Matthew Quigley wrote: Any thought on how I can do this? Any packages out there to do this? You need to be more specific, since there are several flavors of cable connection. For my own connection to Optimum Online, I followed the following steps: 1)Installed my Ethernet card (3C905). 2)Bought a cable modem. 3)Plugged the patch cable from the Ethernet card into the cable modem. 4)Installed the pump package with apt-get install pump. 4)Ran pump -i. That's it. You might read the Cable Modem HOWTO. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum http://dm.net
Re: connect to Internet via cable modem
Matthew Quigley wrote: Any thought on how I can do this? Any packages out there to do this? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Try the Cable-Modem mini HOWTO. http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/Cable-Modem.html You'll probably need a dhcp client like dhcpcd. I use rr in Albany, NY and it was pretty easy to set up. Here are some other links to check out: http://www.fammed.ohio-state.edu/shane/rr/c2c/ http://www.hoku.net/projects/rrhowto/RoadRunner-Hawaii-HOWTO.html http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rr/ Or, in any search engine type something like this: +roadrunner +linux +kansas Beware, rr is not the same everywhere. For example, in Albany we do not have to login to rr but I think some places still do. Good luck. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
Re: connect to Internet via cable modem
Matthew Quigley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any thought on how I can do this? Any packages out there to do this? 1. Read /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/Cable-Modem.txt.gz (from the Package: doc-linux-text package. 2. Get and install an ethernet card (often the cable ISP will provide this) and compile a kernel with support for this card. 3. Install the dhcp-client package. (This worked for me - some people recommend the pump package as an alternate.) 4. Have the cable provider make the installation, which usually includes providing and installing a cable modem. In my case (with Adelphia Power Link) that was all. I did not have to configure dhcp-client at all. YMMV :-) Most cable providers installers and tech-support people don't know anything about Linux. You have to tell them that you can handle it all after they get the cable modem properly hooked up and working. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard[EMAIL PROTECTED] |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USAPGP Key ID: A8E40EB9
