Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 18 November 2003 9:14 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: Hello, Now that I have Mandrake installed, I'd like to get it to work with my cable modem. I'm currently using a Linksys external cable modem, and it's connected to my computer via USB. I

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charlie, I think my problem is *almost* fixed! ... read on... On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 10:02:26 AM PST, you wrote: Have I mentioned that you have to change the connection to the ethernet port yet? eg Hee hee...I have a

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 20:54, Melissa Reese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charlie, I think my problem is *almost* fixed! ... read on... On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 10:02:26 AM PST, you wrote: Have I mentioned that you have to change the connection

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi H.J.Bathoorn, On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 12:45:43 PM PST, you wrote: I just noticed in your mail that sis900 is mentioned as eth0 as well as eth1that could be your problem. Open a terminal, become su/root and type ifconfig. If

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 22:22, Melissa Reese wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] melissa]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:84:4B:35 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi H.J.Bathoorn, On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 1:49:03 PM PST, you wrote: Well for one: Your cable-ISP isn't mentioned in the routing table so prolly you don't have internet access other than via pppyou already knew that didn't you:D I

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 04:49 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: I can't quite figure out your eth0:9maybe your USB connection after all. I've never seen 127.255.255.255 used before. Maybe somebody else has. This is tmdns and zeroconf taking over, claiming an ip address anyway even if no link

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 23:12, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 19 November 2003 04:49 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: I can't quite figure out your eth0:9maybe your USB connection after all. I've never seen 127.255.255.255 used before. Maybe somebody else has. This is tmdns and zeroconf

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 05:07 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: Is there any way to completely wipe the slate clean with regards to my LAN Configuration, then start over? Delete the following files. /etc/dhclient* /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* Where the * is a

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Greg, On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 2:21:18 PM PST, you wrote: Is there any way to completely wipe the slate clean with regards to my LAN Configuration, then start over? Delete the following files. /etc/dhclient*

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 05:34 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: Delete the following files. /etc/dhclient* /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* Where the * is a wildcard not a literal character I'm sorry for being such a pain, but could you please give me a

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 19 November 2003 12:54 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: I had a response all typed out when the power died. Damn... Hi Charlie, I think my problem is *almost* fixed! ... read on... On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 10:02:26 AM PST, you

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 23:07, Melissa Reese wrote: Is there any way to completely wipe the slate clean with regards to my LAN Configuration, then start over? Only ways I know is either using the wizard or ifconfig. On a running system ifconfig overwrites all but gets lost on a reboot.

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-19 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 05:34 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: I'm sorry for being such a pain, but could you please give me a little step by step for deleting these files? I'm not familiar with how do go about this in Mandrake. Melissa, have you tried to hit the

[newbie] USB Cable modem problem

2003-11-18 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Now that I have Mandrake installed, I'd like to get it to work with my cable modem. I'm currently using a Linksys external cable modem, and it's connected to my computer via USB. I also have a backup dial-up modem in the machine, but I only