[newbie] remote access

[darrell]

My linux box has a 24/7 cable modem connection.

If I put a modem on my linux box, would it be possible to dial in to it from
a remote site, say with my laptop from work, and get onto the internet?

Thanks.

[newbie] Cable modem and dhcpcd help

[darrell]

Hi All!

Okay, first of all, things are looking pretty good. I have my rogers@home
Terayon cable modem working with dhcp, and I have ipchains masquerading my 3
windows boxes. The one remaining problem has to do, apparently, with dhcpcd.
After a few hours, the connection gets dropped. I assume this happens when
the lease expires. Problem is, dhcpcd doesn't reconnect me, and the only way
I can seem to get reconnected is to unplug the cablemodem and reboot. Surely
there is a way to stay connected. Any help on this would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: [newbie] Kernel stuff

[darrell]

Hi Dennis!

I tried what you suggested but the card doesn't get recognised (no +). I was
thinking maybe I could get it compiled into the kernel somehow. Does that
make sense? I tried to do that too, but when I type "make menuconfig" I get
a reply "no rule ... blah, blah, blah". I've never been able to figure out
how to get the kernel recompiled either. I did a full install but I don't
think everything is there. Anyway, I'm thinking of trying a different linux
distribution that might be easier in this regard. Let me know what you
think, and thanks!

 darrell wrote:
 
  I have added a network card to the machine. It is a RTL8019 ISA card.
How do
  I get it installed?
 You should be able to get it recognized and install using harddrake. If
 in KDE click on DrakeConf and then click on the HardDrake button. If in
 text console, do an su and then type in DrakeConf and do the same, when
 it asks to search for ISA tell it yes. It should show a plus by the
 network card. Click the plus and if it correctly detected the card you
 should see nothing or uninstall at the bottom of the screen panel that
 shows the detail info. Hope I explained this well enough. Let us know if
 I confused you. Luck,
 --
 Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842