Cable Modem [newbie]
When installing 7.2b3 I could not get my cable modem on the net, unlike normal where it was effortless, now they want to ask how you connect to the internet and when I setup the local network and tell it to connect to the internet over cable it won't do it...any suggestions? Thanks Starz McCllelan Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Cable Modem [newbie] update
Alrighty...now I'm getting somewhere...I know the problem...dumb me for ignoring the startup warnings but during startup it says: Failed to initialize eth0 - DHCPCD Well, I tried the default for I guess protocol(?) First of all I'm not really sure what DHCPCD is but I think the default is (DHCP) and I tried that first to no avail, so since I couldn't access the internet I tried reinstalling it whith DHCPCD also to no avail. I could probably figure the problem out with the right documentation but could not find any on the subject. Any help is appreciated in advance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Try manually configuring your network device(s) to see if you can at least get out ... then just run linuxconf and set you network settings in there example: ifconfig no options just to verify it sees your card(s) then assign params... ifconfig eth0 ip address netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast ip less last octet replace usually with unmasked value up for an ip of 12.34.56.78 this would read .. ifconfig eth0 12.34.56.78 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 12.34.56.255 up next you need to know your gateway (to add to the routing table so you can talk out at this point you sould be able to ping your own IP) /sbin/route add default gw gw address using the ip set up from above . /sbin/route add default gw 12.34.56.1 just typing /sbin/route should confirm the entry ... if this all goes without a hitch you should be able to add the same values in linuxconf under netwroking (just type linuxconf as root from the command line) if not the next thing to trouble shoot is making sure your device (NIC card) was successfully registered or has the proper module loaded for it. Try pinging the loop back to check this out (127.0.0.1) hope this helps, Lonny Selinger When installing 7.2b3 I could not get my cable modem on the net, unlike normal where it was effortless, now they want to ask how you connect to the internet and when I setup the local network and tell it to connect to the internet over cable it won't do it...any suggestions? Thanks Starz McCllelan Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: Cable Modem [newbie] update
For your cablemodem do you have a static IP (that you know of) this would not include an actual non routable IP (most internal network ip's for things such as this will begin with 10.10.something) if you have a 10.10 IP your ISP *might* be using DHCP first we'll work out the type of connection you need =) Lonny Selinger Alrighty...now I'm getting somewhere...I know the problem...dumb me for ignoring the startup warnings but during startup it says: Failed to initialize eth0 - DHCPCD Well, I tried the default for I guess protocol(?) First of all I'm not really sure what DHCPCD is but I think the default is (DHCP) and I tried that first to no avail, so since I couldn't access the internet I tried reinstalling it whith DHCPCD also to no avail. I could probably figure the problem out with the right documentation but could not find any on the subject. Any help is appreciated in advance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Try manually configuring your network device(s) to see if you can at least get out ... then just run linuxconf and set you network settings in there example: ifconfig no options just to verify it sees your card(s) then assign params... ifconfig eth0 ip address netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast ip less last octet replace usually with unmasked value up for an ip of 12.34.56.78 this would read .. ifconfig eth0 12.34.56.78 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 12.34.56.255 up next you need to know your gateway (to add to the routing table so you can talk out at this point you sould be able to ping your own IP) /sbin/route add default gw gw address using the ip set up from above . /sbin/route add default gw 12.34.56.1 just typing /sbin/route should confirm the entry ... if this all goes without a hitch you should be able to add the same values in linuxconf under netwroking (just type linuxconf as root from the command line) if not the next thing to trouble shoot is making sure your device (NIC card) was successfully registered or has the proper module loaded for it. Try pinging the loop back to check this out (127.0.0.1) hope this helps, Lonny Selinger When installing 7.2b3 I could not get my cable modem on the net, unlike normal where it was effortless, now they want to ask how you connect to the internet and when I setup the local network and tell it to connect to the internet over cable it won't do it...any suggestions? Thanks Starz McCllelan Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: Cable Modem [newbie]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Starz McCllelan Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cable Modem [newbie] When installing 7.2b3 I could not get my cable modem on the net, unlike normal where it was effortless, now they want to ask how you connect to the internet and when I setup the local network and tell it to connect to the internet over cable it won't do it...any suggestions? Thanks Starz McCllelan Hello Starz, I am using the @Home cable service. You will probably have to edit some files: This got me up and running. Read the following link below, as it covers all aspects: http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html Also, I would recommend making a print out of the page. Good Luck! Roman Registered Linux User #179293
