I have recently been attempting to connect to Roadrunner cable using my Linux box.
According to their login instructions, it should be possible to connect it to the service without requiring a password (Roadrunner systems apparently used to have a custom login script which made Linux installs even more of a pain.
I have successfully emerged dhcpd. I have not attempted to put dhcpd in my startup scripts.
First, after plugging in the cable box and typing adsl-stop to disconnect my adsl connection, running ifconfig yields the following:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:5E:42:FE
inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fe5e:42fe/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1777 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1912 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1249796 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:232302 (226.8 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:700 (700.0 b) TX bytes:700 (700.0 b)
I have a broken eth0 connection on the motherboard which is disabled, so this info is correct.
I then edit /etc/conf.d/net as follows:
#iface_eth1="up" --- added # to comment out the config required by rp-pppoe
config_eth1=( "dhcp" ) --- added the dhcp configuration required by the cable modem,
running the command /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start yields the following:
* Starting eth1
* Bringing up eth1
* dhcp
* Running dhcpcd ... [ ok ]
* eth1 received address 24.88.247.205
ifconfig now reports
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:5E:42:FE
inet addr:24.88.247.205 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fe5e:42fe/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1914 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1530454 (1.4 Mb) TX bytes:232952 (227.4 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1266 (1.2 Kb) TX bytes:1266 (1.2 Kb)
Here's where I get a little stuck. My internet programs are not recognising this eth1 connection. What step do I need to perform in order to get the internet connection working?
Thanks in advance
Jeff Cranmer
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