[newbie] Cable Modem for MDK 9.2

2004-05-16 Thread Tim Martin
Does anyone have any suggestions about which cable modems work under Mandrake 9.2? I've searched and haven't found anything too solid yet. Tim Martin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Cable Modem and SNF

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
Now have the cable modem running with SNF on a stand alone and filtering all of my LAN. YEEEH! The previous problem with the SMTP error appears to have occured after downloading security updates. I do not know which one could have affected the SMTP connection but it made the server

[newbie] cable modem question

2002-05-22 Thread Raymond Whipple
I have linux 7.1 and i dont know a thing, but want to learn. I am on a cable modem but dont know how to configure linux to operate on the cable modem. I have internet through att broadband. Could someone give me a step by step instructons? Thanks. Raymond

Re: [newbie] cable modem question

2002-05-22 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 03:16 pm, Raymond Whipple wrote: I have linux 7.1 and i dont know a thing, but want to learn. I am on a cable modem but dont know how to configure linux to operate on the cable modem. I have internet through att broadband. Could someone give me a step by step

Re: [newbie] cable modem question

2002-05-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 21:16, you wrote: I have linux 7.1 and i dont know a thing, but want to learn. I am on a cable modem but dont know how to configure linux to operate on the cable modem. I have internet through att broadband. Could someone give me a step by step instructons? Thanks.

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-12-01 Thread Matt Paddock
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 01:29 pm, you wrote: Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to obtain my ip address.

[newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Cortney M. Masters
Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to obtain my ip address. Basically what happens after I stop and restart the netowrk is

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Mark D'voo
i had some trouble getting dhcp to work with att@home also, if you have a windows machine, get it running and find out your ip address. you should be able to just use that static address as mine never changed once in the year i had it. If your address does constantly change, you can purchase

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
First, make sure that you're running a DHCP Client and not a DHCP Server. A client goes looking for an IP, a server hands out IP's. But the IP you need is handed out by ATT@HOME not by your machine. Secondly, make sure you have the DNS numbers for ATT's DNS servers properly configured. Make

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Matt Greer
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 08:07 am, you wrote: Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to obtain my ip address.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-08-05 Thread Tim Holmes
If you're running a cable modem you have a static IP for the moment. They may change it later, but usually they wait a few months. As root, run this command. [root@r2d2 /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd status Apache is running. httpd: 25635 25634 20976 20975 19872 19871 19870 19869 1095

[newbie] Cable Modem

2001-07-29 Thread OOzy Pal
Hello Guys I just got a cable modem and I would like to check the site that I am working from school (i.e. show it to my professor) how can I set up my http server to do that? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-07-29 Thread etharp
well...first we need more info about your system and network. but the really short answer is run apache. do you have a static IP number? what happens if you type in that IP number to a web browsers address window from a box connected to the internet? On Sunday 29 July 2001 22:06, OOzy Pal

Re: [newbie] cable modem, router problem

2001-06-24 Thread Tim Holmes
So you can't ping the router itself either? That I didn't pick up. Have you given the router itself a secondary IP address? Like 198.162.0.1? And then giving the other machines other IP addresses on that range. If you make sure that the machine knows it's gateway is 198.162.0.1, and their

Re: [newbie] cable modem, router problem

2001-06-23 Thread Tim Holmes
Meanwhile, I'm not exactly sure how those routers identify themselves, but I have a guess. I THINK the router's switch port has a MAC address. And that's probably why it's causing a problem. RoadRunner identifies machines on it's Cable network via MAC address. When you had your machine

[newbie] cable modem, router problem

2001-06-22 Thread Jim Downs
First of all thanks to everyone in advance, and I apologize for the long post! I am unable to connect through my router to my cable modem. I subscribed last week to Road Runner service here in the New York City area. In order to set up a quick LAN I purchased a Netgear RT314 Gateway Router and 2

Re: [newbie] cable modem - attenuator - bad md5sums

2001-05-13 Thread skip
bascule now, when i did this sort of thing with dial up i only had one bascule md5sum fail, but with my new super fast cable job (70 Kbyte/s bascule ish) despite gozilla claiming that all downloads were bascule successful the md5sum is different in every case ... I'd try using a

[newbie] cable modem - attenuator - bad md5sums

2001-05-12 Thread bascule
hi folks, this is more of a hardware/general computer problem, but it's affecting my ability to get linux back after i decided to do a major restucturing of my system! i have an odd enquiry, i have just had a cable modem installed (ntl - uk) and went straight to download lm 8.0. i have had to

Re: [newbie] cable modem - attenuator - bad md5sums

2001-05-12 Thread Randy Kramer
I don't have any suggestions on troubleshooting your cable modem, but a suggestion -- why don't you use rsync to try to correct the downloaded iso rather than repeating the entire download. If you need help setting it up, write back with the URL of the mirror you use (and ideally, the complete

RE: [newbie] Cable modem

2001-03-09 Thread bob mike
You might also have a problem if the 3c59 is PnP, there are ways to overcome this as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Cable modem H

[newbie] Cable modem: solved

2001-03-09 Thread falcaraz
w my cable modem conexion is running. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Martes, Marzo 6, 2001 10:20 pm Asunto: [newbie] Cable modem Hello folks This morning I have started my cable modem conexion"under windows98".

Re: [newbie] Cable modem and dhcpcd help

2001-03-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
This appears to be a problem (feature?) with @Home. The trick is to set cron to renew your connection at regular intervals, like every five minutes. Kcron is a good tool to do this (as root, of course). Simply make an entry using your dhcp initialisation line (e.g. "/sbin/dhcpcd -d -n -h

[newbie] Cable modem

2001-03-07 Thread falcaraz
Hello folks This morning I have started my cable modem conexion"under windows98". It runs fine, but I would like to have it also under linux. Unfortunately until now I have instaled internet conexion using external modem and also a lan, but the last one with IP not assignated by the server.

[newbie] Cable modem and dhcpcd help

2001-03-06 Thread 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

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: If I remember correctly, as root, edit the following file: /sbin/ifup Look for a section that looks like this: f [ "XXX$DHCP_CLIENT" != "XXX" ];then case $(basename $DHCP_CLIENT) in dhcpcd) [ -n "$DHCP_HOSTNAME" ]

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Richard T. Waters
you should have a name that @home gave your pc. mine is similar to cc1234567-a "Daniel B. Haun" wrote: On Wednesday 07 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: If I remember correctly, as root, edit the following file: /sbin/ifup Look for a section that looks like this: f [

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Thursday 08 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: you should have a name that @home gave your pc. mine is similar to cc1234567-a Ok I tried that... still won't let me get an IP of the DHCP server of @home. How do you get the dhcpcd to load at startup? Did you need to install the DHCP

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-07 Thread Richard T. Waters
I always used the static configuration, but a techie that was here this week changed my line and my modem and reconfigured my windoze partition to use DHCPD. I never had that working before under linux, but after searching Deja for usenet information, I came across the following, which worked:

[newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-06 Thread Mike Riffle
Just had cable access installed. Unfortunately, my provider does not offer static IP addresses. Can I still configure it under LM 7.2? Mike Riffle Morgantown, WV USA http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm Montani Semper Liberi NRA NMLRA Friends of Fort Frederick Prickett's Fort

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-06 Thread johnc
On Tuesday 06 February 2001 20:21, you wrote: Just had cable access installed. Unfortunately, my provider does not offer static IP addresses. Can I still configure it under LM 7.2? Mike Riffle Morgantown, WV USA http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm Montani Semper Liberi NRA

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-06 Thread nlilly
The previous message was correct if you need a static IP address. There are problems with this however. If there are interruptions in your service occasionally (as is the case with North-east Ohio's RoadRunner service) you may come into conflict with another machine using the address you

RE: [newbie] Cable Modem and Internet Sharing

2001-01-24 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Kerwin Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:25 PM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem and Internet Sharing I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have connected my linux box to cable internet. Someone told me that if I have a second eth

[newbie] Cable Modem Woes

2001-01-24 Thread surya
Hi: I am trying to connect my box running linux-mandrake 7.2 with @Home. I am able to configure the eth0 interface and it does show up when I do a ifconfig and a netstat -r. I used netconf to assign the host name, DNS server names etc. While I am able to ping the machine with the IP address i

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Woes

2001-01-24 Thread David Thompson
problem again. Oh well, that's my story -- I'm sure somebody else has a better solution on this list... Dave - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 9:12 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem Woes Hi: I am trying to connect

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Woes

2001-01-24 Thread Christopher Molnar
Assign the default gw (gateway) address. Most likely this will be 192.168.1.1 - your pings are going to you eth0 card, but it doesn't know where to go from that point. -Chris On Wednesday 24 January 2001 11:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I am trying to connect my box running

[newbie] Cable Modem and Internet Sharing

2001-01-22 Thread Michael Kerwin
I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have connected my linux box to cable internet. Someone told me that if I have a second ethernet card and hub I can connect the second ethernet card to the hub and my Windows machine to the hub and have the windows machine share the internet from the linux box. Is

RE: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkandsbin/ifup

2000-12-20 Thread Bob Currey
. Take it for what it is, just the observations of a newbie, BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Warwick Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:18 AM To: 'Roger Sherman' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] CABLE MODEM

[newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/network and sbin/ifup

2000-12-19 Thread Richard Warwick
hi, I installed mandrake 7.2 from the iso images, and I'm having trouble with the dhcp client and the normal startup scripts. I think I see what problem might be occurring, but I'm not sure the best way to fix it. I'm on an att cable modem, so my dhcpc command line needs to be something like "

Re: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkand sbin/ifup

2000-12-19 Thread Roger Sherman
Hi Richard...I had a similar problem - eth0 just refused to initialize on bootup, but I entered this command: /sbin/dhcpcd -d -n -h [hostname] And it would log right in, and log in on bootup most times thereafter. Hope it helps! peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux

RE: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkand sbin/ifup

2000-12-19 Thread Richard Warwick
: Roger Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:39 PM To: Richard Warwick Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkand sbin/ifup Hi Richard...I had a similar problem - eth0 just refused to initialize on bootup

RE: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkandsbin/ifup

2000-12-19 Thread Roger Sherman
Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:39 PM To: Richard Warwick Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CABLE MODEM NOT WORKING - DHCP_HOSTNAME in init.d/networkand sbin/ifup Hi Richard...I had a similar problem - eth0 just refused to initialize on bootup

Re: [Re: [newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2]

2000-11-05 Thread Starz McCllelan
This is all bullshit because I have the same problem when I went from 7.1 to 7.2 with my tulip driver and cable modem. I have road runner, but I have to back out of linux and go back to M$winblows until I figure out the problem. Starz McCllelan If you can help me with this problem also please

[newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2

2000-11-04 Thread Peter Heusel
I had my @Home service working fine under Mandrake 7.1 with an Ethernet card which uses the Macronix MX987x5 driver. Under 7.1 my Ethernet card is autodetected and my Internet connection works perfectly after going through the network installation wizard. With 7.2 it correctly identifies the same

Re: [newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2

2000-11-04 Thread chronos
Hi peter,- Actually I work for the @home network. All you need to do is call tech support and have them repush your modem and computer and set yourself up statically if you havent already. Also have the tech look at the whiteboard and see if there are any outages in your area. That should take

Re: [newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2

2000-11-04 Thread Peter Heusel
I am set up statically already, but I don't understand why repushing my modem and computer will help. I have completely reinstalled 7.1 several times and my @Home connection works everytime. However, whenever I install 7.2 and follow the exact same network configuration I cannot connect. As I

Re: [newbie] cable modem by pc card not be recognized by linuxconf

2000-10-25 Thread rharvey
. If you unplug it, it will refreash everything. and dhcp works agian - Original Message - From: Shih To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: [newbie] cable modem by pc card not be recognized by linuxconf custid

Re: [newbie] cable modem by pc card not be recognized by linuxconf

2000-10-24 Thread Pooter
Hmmm. I had that simular problem with my 3com nic in my laptop. What those beeps signify is Linux is detecting your card services and the card services is reporting there is cards physically present. ( simular to the WIN9X bootup sequence.) You are going to need to locate a compatible kernel

[newbie] Cable modem problem

2000-10-06 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I recently signed up to @home and have set up my Linux machine to connect at bootup using dhcp-client (dhclient). One problem I have noticed over the past few days is that after a while the network stops responding to any calls from my browser, download manager, ping, etc. They don't give a

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Internet

2000-09-19 Thread Adam
eth0' - Original Message - From: "Luis Rodriguez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:55 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem Internet How can I configure mi pc to conect it to the internet. I have a cable modem and a Realtek RTL8139 Eth

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Internet

2000-09-19 Thread Anthony
Open up DrakConf and then "Network Configuration". Then find out if you have a static IP, or get your IP via DCHP from your ISP. Then fill out the apporitate stuff in "Basic Host Information". Or if you still haven't installed, during the installation it asks if you use a networked computer, so

[newbie] Cable Modem Internet

2000-09-18 Thread Luis Rodriguez
How can I configure mi pc to conect it to the internet. I have a cable modem and a Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet card. thanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-11 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote: I am in the Sacramento, California area. and my cable provider is Comcast. Would Comcast be a problem? where are you located? Which service? I'm using @Home right now in seattle washington. I've got an external cable modem and a NIC card in my computer.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-09 Thread Paul
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Dacia and AzureRose wrote: My experience was also that DSL is faster in linux then in windows. We had a LAN with three computers on My ISDN line is also faster in Linux than in windows. Paul -- Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A: A stick.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-09 Thread John W
firewall and not sharing your files can keep you fairly safe on either setup. Regards, John From: Patti Wavinak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modem. Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:31:12 + (GMT) Personally I would go with DSL

[newbie] cable modem conexion

2000-09-09 Thread r
i´m new in the world of linux and i use a mandrake 7.1 pentium3 533mgh 128 ram the question is that i use a cable modem conexion but i can`t conect properly what are the steps for a conexion my isp use dhcp thanks

RE: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-09 Thread Doug McGarrett
At 21:27 09/08/2000 -0400, you wrote: That's waht my sisters boyfriend says. He installs cable for @home. Nevertheless, my cable is ridiculously variable. As high as 150K and as low as 500k on a daily swing. Like clockwork everynight between 3 and 10pm My conneciton is as slow as a 56k dialup.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-09 Thread Greg Stewart
It's probably everyone at the office trying to avoid work the last two hours of the day! Where I work, this starts at 11:30am! :-) --Greg - Original Message - From: "Doug McGarrett" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have noticed even with T1 at the office, the internet slows way down around 3 ~ 5

RE: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-09 Thread Abe
I did not see anywhere near this dramatic of a drop off in performance when I had DSL. Typically I saw a drop from the average 90-110KB rates to about 75-50KB. On cable I'm getting a drop from 100-150KB to 10KB-500kb. That is not a typo. I don't believe that every day the internet gets so

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Greg Stewart
Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as setting up a network card. However, apparently depending on your local provider's implementation, there are a couple things to keep in mind: Most cable providers use DHCP to assign the IPs to attached hosts, but some use Static

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Patti Wavinak
Original Message On 9/8/00, 4:15:35 AM, Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.: Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as setting up a network card. However, apparently depending on your local provider's implementation, there are a cou

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Glenn Johnson
DIFFERENCE!! Just throwing in my $.02 worth (add California tax 8.5%) giggle Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/8/00, 4:15:35 AM, Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.: Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as s

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
where are you located? Which service? I'm using @Home right now in seattle washington. I've got an external cable modem and a NIC card in my computer. @Home was kind enough to give me my IP address, DNS IP, Gateway IP, basically all the info I needed to set it up in linux. Other providers

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
er #184611 Original Message On 9/8/00, 4:15:35 AM, Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.: Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as setting up a network card. However, apparently depending on your local provider's impl

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.: Patti, did you do any speed tweaking with your dsl connection on the Linux box? Glenn... Patti Wavinak wrote: Personally I would go with DSL if it is available in your area. My reason

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread patrick
gle very very interesting. Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/8/00, 4:15:35 AM, Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.: Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as setting up a network card.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.

2000-09-08 Thread Larry Marshall
Cable modems that are set up right on yourend AND the ISP should NOT slow down even if full to the brink with users, that is why there is a Peak Transfer rate/and MIN transfer rate. Just like anything in the computer world..expect less, but pleased when you get the best. :) Ha..."setup

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-24 Thread David Talbot
You need the following: IP Address (or DHCP) Subnet Mask Gateway DNS (extra DNS servers never hurt anyone, so see if they can't give you 2 or 3) Once you've got this info, plugging it in under "Network Configuration" (part of the Configuration Tool icon on your desktop), is easy. Just click on

[newbie] cable modem blues no more

2000-06-24 Thread Powers
I just wanted to thank Anthony Huereca,Jeff Lee, and especially Eunice Thompson for helping me to successfully configure my internet connection. It is nice to know that there are good people giving good advice to us "newbies". Now once I get the sound card and printer working I might

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-24 Thread Romanator
Hi Jeff, I'm not sure if this will give you all your answers. However, it helped me get up and running with my @Home cable service. Try the following link: http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html Good Luck! Roman Jeff Lee wrote: That would be in DrakConf

Re: [newbie] cable modem blues no more

2000-06-24 Thread Eunice Thompson
Mark, It was my pleasure, I'm glad everything worked out. When I first installed Mandrake I could't get my printer to work either- it is a parallel port Canon 4400 which every piece of documentatiion says should work in Linux. It worked fine in windows so I was stumped. One day as I was

Re: [newbie] Cable modem

2000-06-23 Thread Vic
If you have a dynamic ip address, like one that changes, then when your machine asks you to setup your network, then tell it to use dchp (or dchpd) someting like that, anyway, if your isp has to give you your ip numbers and stuff, then its more thanlikely a static ip On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Jeff Lee
That would be in DrakConf (or LinuxConf). At 03:37 PM 6/21/2000 -0400, you wrote: Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Anthony Huereca
Ask them if you have a static IP or get your IP through DCHP. Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Eunice Thompson
if you still have Windows installed , make sure the modem is connected and then boot into Windows. ( I'm assuming that the modem has already been installed and configured for use) if you're using Win98 then go to StartRun, type in winipcfg and select OK (in WinNT do the same except the command

[newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-21 Thread Powers
Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a connection with my comcast@home service and seek the wisdom (and patience) of

[newbie] Cable modem

2000-06-19 Thread John Arkoulis
Is there a site with a good how to so I can set up Mandrake 7.0 to connect on the net with a cable modem -- Windoze is a virus with a user interface. This message was created with Linux

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-20 Thread bryn jones
Why am I getting your email ?? -Original Message- From: Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem Do you have a static IP or a dynamic IP? If you have a dynamic IP address, mandrake should set

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-20 Thread bryn jones
Why am I getting your email?? -Original Message- From: Bruce Endries [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 3:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem I use Linux with a cable modem on RoadRunner, and it works great. Why don't you try

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-20 Thread bryn jones
Why am I getting your email -Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 2:24 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem well I called them again..and they said that they could not give them to me

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-20 Thread Vic
: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem Do you have a static IP or a dynamic IP? If you have a dynamic IP address, mandrake should set this up automatically if, during the install process you tell it to set up your network card with dynamic IP. On Wed, 19 Apr

[newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
I am hooked up through a cable modem through my local provider. Windows detects this and sets it up by itself and this is what the provider supports. Is there a way to have Linux do the same because they won't give me any information such as host address, ip address ect. because they don't

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Pittman, Merle
They won't give you any address info?? I'd suggest switching providers if that's possible. -Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] cable modem I am hooked up

[newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
I am hooked up through a cable modem through my local provider. Windows detects this and sets it up by itself and this is what the provider supports. Is there a way to have Linux do the same because they won't give me any information such as host address, ip address ect. because they don't

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:49 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem They won't give you any address info?? I'd suggest switching providers if that's possible. -Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, Apri

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
ttman, Merle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:49 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem They won't give you any address info?? I'd suggest switching providers if that's possible. -Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [SMTP:[EMAIL

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Pittman, Merle
PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem Not possible, as long as I want to stay on a cable modem. And that is a definite must. I know it kinda pissed me off but her argument was that they don't support Linuxwhat does

Re: [[newbie] cable modem]

2000-04-19 Thread Jaguar
In Windows...click the START button, choose RUN, type in "winipcfg" -- without quotes...choose MORE INFO, and there are all your IP/DNS/etc there...write them down, then in Linux setup NIC/DHCP (not sure myself as my cable IP is static, and I get by without using DHCP), read the HOWTO's, and get

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Larry C
ot;Pittman, Merle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:49 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem They won't give you any address info?? I'd suggest switching providers if that's possible. -Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [S

Re: [[newbie] cable modem]

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
Well that would work in win98, but I'm running win2k pro. and winipcfg doesn't work.. - Original Message - From: "Jaguar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] cable modem] In Windows...click the START butt

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Vic
Do you have a static IP or a dynamic IP? If you have a dynamic IP address, mandrake should set this up automatically if, during the install process you tell it to set up your network card with dynamic IP. On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, you wrote: I am hooked up through a cable modem through my local

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Jacob Aaron Holbrook
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem I work for an ISP and I know how Technical Support can be...with as many calls as flood the phone center, there isn't time simply to handle every call that comes in with various s

Re: [[newbie] cable modem]

2000-04-19 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
use "ipconfig /all" Well that would work in win98, but I'm running win2k pro. and winipcfg doesn't work..

RE: [[newbie] cable modem]

2000-04-19 Thread Jon L. F.
Original Message- From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] cable modem] Well that would work in win98, but I'm running win2k pro. and winipcfg doesn't work.. - Original Message - F

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-04-19 Thread Bruce Endries
I use Linux with a cable modem on RoadRunner, and it works great. Why don't you try this: Run LinuxConf. Go to Networking, then to basic host info. Then select the tab for your network card (eth0). Click on the optin for DHCP. Back out of LinuxConf, activating your changes. You may have to

RE: [newbie] cable modem troubles..

2000-04-17 Thread Rich
I found it in the windows registry under the program that causes the cable modem to dial... Anyone have any clues for how to get the modem to dial in linux... It is a hybrid model N-202XS cable modem with telco return. The connection configuration (at least I think thats what it is) is listed

Re: [RE: [newbie] cable modem troubles..]

2000-04-17 Thread Jaguar
I think the last problem to overcome is if the modem is a Winmodem? You should determine if your modem is a hardware modem, or one that is supported by Linux. HTH Jaguar "Rich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found it in the windows registry under the program that causes the cable modem to dial...

[newbie] Cable Modem

2000-04-08 Thread ~Nikki and Dan~
I just got a cable modem and am having some difficulties configuring it with Linux(Mandrake 7) It works fine with Win98se. I am using a Linksys 10/100 etherfast card. I'm setting the first(and only) adapter at DHCP,eth0,and using tulip. I do a ifup eth0 and nothing happens just returns to

[newbie] Cable modem help

2000-03-17 Thread Jon Hunter
The "I wanna get my cable modem working" Howto Your cable modem works in Windoze, but not in Linux? Boot into Windows and open your email or web browser and make SURE it is working. --- Win98/Win98se/Winnt/Win2k Users (Win95 see bottom)

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-17 Thread Pittman, Merle
PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 12:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem Hi there doing a upgrade I got rr to work but I don't know if all my TCP/IP settings are right and I don't know where to find them. Also in w98 using IE I run rr though a po

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-17 Thread Mark Irving
: www.cablemodeminfo.com . ---Mark Irving--- - Original Message - From: Pittman, Merle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 6:49 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] cable modem Are you sure you even need the proxy server, I doubt it for roadrunner

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