Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
Thanks Jon. I've picked up a network card and I'll supposedly get a self-install kit on Friday from the local cable provider. Sounds pretty painless. Where's Ashland? (MA?) Terry Smith Jon Dowd wrote: I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the Ashland Fiber Network This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month ! This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the same). I was on line at the first boot and still am. If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: Harry Ablejoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
CAn someone tell me how to get off this mailing lsit?? --- Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jon. I've picked up a network card and I'll supposedly get a self-install kit on Friday from the local cable provider. Sounds pretty painless. Where's Ashland? (MA?) Terry Smith Jon Dowd wrote: I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the Ashland Fiber Network This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month ! This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the same). I was on line at the first boot and still am. If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: Harry Ablejoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com = Derek. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
I'm new to Mandrake myself. I currently have ADSL running through a linksys router and Mandrake had no problem detecting my setup. As for connecting straight into your linux box, I can't foresee any problems but then again your setup is slightly different than mine. --- Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, I'm one of the new newbies on the listhave been playing with my linux box at home for a few months (currently running LM 8.1 via the PowerPack). Before I lay down some cash I wanted to ask the list some questions. I'd like to add a high speed internet connection via a cable modem. My local cable TV company (Adelphia) will lease me a cable modem, provide wires, etc, and hook me up via Windows (no Linux support), etc. The plando their install under Windoze and then switch to linux. So a couple of questions.. Is it reasonable to expect LM to detect the cable modem (I'm assuming that lots of folks on this list are using cable hookups)? Any pitfalls/traps? I need to buy a NIC before I hook up their modem. Will any network card be OK? TIA. Terry Smith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com = Eric Estes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chicopee, MA __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 17:23, you wrote: Hi gang, I'm one of the new newbies on the listhave been playing with my linux box at home for a few months (currently running LM 8.1 via the PowerPack). Before I lay down some cash I wanted to ask the list some questions. I'd like to add a high speed internet connection via a cable modem. My local cable TV company (Adelphia) will lease me a cable modem, provide wires, etc, and hook me up via Windows (no Linux support), etc. The plando their install under Windoze and then switch to linux. So a couple of questions.. Don't ask, mdk and cable connections hop along together as if it's always been that way:) When they came to connect my cable, a guy came along (he was included in the intiial price) to connect my PC. When I told him I had Linux he turned a little pale (and started searching my contract including all the small type clauses)so I booted m$windows for him. Which was terrible, cause if ever m$ gives me trouble I just turn the machine off and reboot (auto) into linux, and of course forget about scandisk and such after a few days:) It left the poor man horrendous so I offered him a cup of coffee, started linuxconf (that was mdk 7.2) and presto everything was hunkydory. Afterwards the m$ configuration took about 1/2 an hour :( The man left without saying 'thank you for the coffee' but I'll survive:) greetings Harm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
Sounds Typical! My ISP couldn't even ping my home network, and that really shocked him. Now I'm going around setting up firewalls for most of his corporate clients! Life is good! Long Live Linux and cablemodems! Lanman On Tuesday 20 November 2001 05:45 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 20 November 2001 17:23, you wrote: Hi gang, I'm one of the new newbies on the listhave been playing with my linux box at home for a few months (currently running LM 8.1 via the PowerPack). Before I lay down some cash I wanted to ask the list some questions. I'd like to add a high speed internet connection via a cable modem. My local cable TV company (Adelphia) will lease me a cable modem, provide wires, etc, and hook me up via Windows (no Linux support), etc. The plando their install under Windoze and then switch to linux. So a couple of questions.. Don't ask, mdk and cable connections hop along together as if it's always been that way:) When they came to connect my cable, a guy came along (he was included in the intiial price) to connect my PC. When I told him I had Linux he turned a little pale (and started searching my contract including all the small type clauses)so I booted m$windows for him. Which was terrible, cause if ever m$ gives me trouble I just turn the machine off and reboot (auto) into linux, and of course forget about scandisk and such after a few days:) It left the poor man horrendous so I offered him a cup of coffee, started linuxconf (that was mdk 7.2) and presto everything was hunkydory. Afterwards the m$ configuration took about 1/2 an hour :( The man left without saying 'thank you for the coffee' but I'll survive:) greetings Harm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:23 am, you wrote: Is it reasonable to expect LM to detect the cable modem (I'm assuming that lots of folks on this list are using cable hookups)? Any pitfalls/traps? I'm using LM 8.0 on a Mac G4, and my cable connection was detected no problem. I had to do a little editing to a network script to add my client ID, but everything is working great at this point. --mapdock Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the Ashland Fiber Network This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month ! This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the same). I was on line at the first boot and still am. If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: Harry Ablejoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:23, you wrote: Hi gang, Hello! I'd like to add a high speed internet connection via a cable modem. My local cable TV company (Adelphia) will lease me a cable modem, provide wires, etc, and hook me up via Windows (no Linux support), etc. I am not sure how a cable modem works, but in case it has an ethernet plug, you can certainly connect to it by DHCP. It works for my ADSL connection, and config has been very easy (open the network config, choose configure, click dhcp, say yes when it says you have to restart networking, and you're on line. I can now enjoy downloading a Mandrake ISO within 12 minutes vs impossible with a modem. The plando their install under Windoze and then switch to linux. In case of DHCP, there is nothing to install (except a network if you don't have one. So a couple of questions.. Is it reasonable to expect LM to detect the cable modem (I'm assuming that lots of folks on this list are using cable hookups)? Any pitfalls/traps? In case you connect by DHCP, it will probably not detect the modem itself (I don't remember having seen my modem), but it will detect the network board which is all what you need. I need to buy a NIC before I hook up their modem. Will any network card be OK? Except if you use a very exotic network board, I would say there are 99% chances it will work. You didn't make your board yourself, did you? :-) I bought the cheapest NIC for 750 yen (about 6.5 $), and it works. TIA. Terry Smith Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
