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.

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

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

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

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
ITs NOT the irq.. U have to call your cable modem connection company and talk to them. They can give u the settings you need. If this is @home, you have to convice them to send you to senior tech support. Also you dont need dns stuff for setting up your cable modem. All you need is hostname.. (ur

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

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:

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
It requires a bit more effort than merely "putting in" the nic cards. 1) You must configure both cards, normally eth0 should be the connection to your hub and eth1 should be the connection to your cable modem. 2) You should be able to surf the internet BEFORE you use connection sharing. 3)

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Woes

2001-01-24 Thread David Thompson
I may be breathing air too close to the exhaust pipe, but I had the same eth0 failed during initialize message as you. I solved it by doing a total re-install of Linux on my machine. Not knowing what I was doing during the first install, but after the third install I've never had the eth0

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

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

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

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
you can ask your provider for a static ip so you wont have to use dhcp- but your dhcp should work ok. Try unplugging your cable modem for say 30 sec and plugg it back in. restart your linux box. My cable modem gets a brain glitch and dhcp dies once in a great while. If

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

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Internet

2000-09-19 Thread Adam
use the RTL8139 module for your network card, set up the info using netcfg(most people should have this) once that's done, you can use 'ifup eth0' considering that network card is your first ethernet card(otherwise it may be eth1), to see if this 'ifup eth0' worked, type 'ifconfig' or 'ifconfig

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Re: [[newbie] Cable modem help]

2000-03-17 Thread Jaguar
Wow Jon...a ton of great info...thx.:) Jaguar Jon Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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.

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Cory Hirano
in to the network how can I be on it? I haven't set up my user name or password for rr and don't know where to do it. Cory -Original Message- From: Pittman, Merle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 9:06 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [newbie] cable

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
Same old story from the tech guys, that is their excuss for "they have no idea what they are doing". Do you have linux installed already?? If you get linux installed and your network card setup properly the rest is cake. You need to find you if you are using static IP addressing or DHCP, find

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Larry Varney
At 02:06 PM 3/16/00 -0500, you wrote: Hello there I have Road Runner cable modem service and I was wondering if anyone knows how to set it up so I can get on to the internet with linux . I tried tech support but they said that they only support win/mac and can't help with any other OS. Cory

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2000-02-14 Thread Benjamin Shugar
Title: Cable Modem - Original Message - From: Michael D. Seymour To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 9:09 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem I need some help getting my LM 7.0 machine to connect to the internet using a cable modem. My

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-13 Thread Vic
I plan to just connect a 3com card and load its driver, then config the netmasks, which reminds me, I wonder how hooking up for cable-modem is diffrent than ppp such as putting in your dns and the sub-netmask and all, I think your cable modem company gives you all these don't they? Correct me

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Thread Sevatio Octavio
What Mandrake are you using? Seve -Original Message- From: J Winkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup Hi All, I am using a cable modem (Comcast @Home in NJ) to connect to the internet and

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Did @Home give you a static IP address? Seve -Original Message- From: J Winkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:42 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup Sorry, Mandrake 7.0 Network Adapter = Intel EtherExpress Pro 10

RE: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Thread J Winkle
Thanks for replying Seve, yes they did give a static IP. I have recorded all my internet settings to include, static IP address, DNS Server Search Order, Domain Suffix Search Order, Domain, Host, Gateway, Subnet Mask, what my computer name and workgroup is supposed to be. I can set this up by

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Thread Sevatio Octavio
; press [Activate the Changes] Reboot... just kidding. However, that should be it. I've just converted two @Home winboxes over to linboxes and that's how I got them to work. Let me know how it goes or if you can't understand my gibberish. Seve, -Original Message- From: J Win

Re: [[newbie] Cable Modem Setup]

2000-02-12 Thread Jaguar
First of all...read the HOWTO on NIC's and there is also one on Cable Modemsonce your NIC is correctly setup, all I had to do was choose the INSTALL NIC in initial startup after INSATLLING, put in the IP (IP, DNS, Gateway) info, including the account NAME, and presto...it worked...mine for

Re: [[newbie] Cable Modem Setup]

2000-02-12 Thread Francis J.Bruening
I just set up my @home service (Oregon) on a new install of MD7.0. I wanted to use the DHCP server as opposed to setting my networking info statically. @Home is a bit odd, in that their DHCP server requires an identifier from the client request in order to get a response. 1) backup /sbin/ifup

Re: [[newbie] Cable Modem Setup]

2000-02-12 Thread Francis J.Bruening
Oops, I'm too tired to be doing this I guess.. :) change the /sbin/ifup $DEVICE stuff in step 2 with /sbin/dhcpcd sorry. Francis On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Francis J.Bruening wrote: I just set up my @home service (Oregon) on a new install of MD7.0. I wanted to use the DHCP server as opposed

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-22 Thread fkamp
Trub wrote: Questions: Every time I set up Mandrake "serverl" if I have say a separate partition of say 7g mandrake only reports it as 1/2 its actual size? Is mandrake doing software raid by default or something? And if so how can I turn it OFF? If its a raid thing, you may not be able

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-20 Thread Dave
I would Like to use it for just one computer. Just mine. How could I do that? I have a Linksys EtherPCI II Lan card. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable modem

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-20 Thread Thomas J. Kwasnik
Hi David, for starters (i use the @home service personally) with a RealTek8029 chipset ne2000 PCI compatible.you need to setup your network as DHCP and the Server name must match what you would have had in windows as your computer name on the identification tabbut if you leave a list of

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-20 Thread David
- From: "Thomas J. Kwasnik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable modem! Hi David, for starters (i use the @home service personally) with a RealTek8029 chipset ne2000 PCI compatible.you need to setup yo

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-20 Thread Adhiem Sumitro
1.Depend on your HDD manufacturer, you should download something similar to 'Ontrack Disk Manager' and install them onto your HDD - Original Message - From: David To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:54 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable modem!

Re: [newbie] Cable modem!

2000-01-20 Thread BryanMoorehead
What are you trying to accomplish with the cable modem? Do you simply want a single computer connected to it, or do you want to use it as a gateway for multiple computers? Bryan "David" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/20/2000 12:54:57 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] cable modem

1999-09-29 Thread yacketta
From: Ronald A. Yacketta Setting up a cable modem is pretty straight forward, might want to check the list archives. "Ralph | byte-runner |" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/28/99 07:24:55 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC)

Re: [newbie] cable modem

1999-09-29 Thread BryanMoorehead
Let me know if you have any specific questions. Mine was pretty easy to set up. Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/29/99 09:27:35 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem From

Re: [newbie] cable modem

1999-09-28 Thread Ty Mixon
Just posted: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/ccable.html Original Message On 9/28/99, 4:24:55 PM, "Ralph | byte-runner |" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] cable modem: Hey all, I'm getting cable modem sevice hooked up this week. Can someone plz help me with the install

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup in Linux-Mandrake 6.0

1999-09-16 Thread Richard Adams
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, you wrote: I had posted a message earlier, but I forgot to place a Subject. Only one person answered me, but it wasn't enough to get things going. Here's my problem... I am subscribed with Videotron (Montreal, Quebec). I installed Linux on its own HD, I swap this

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup in Linux-Mandrake 6.0

1999-09-16 Thread yacketta
From: Ronald A. Yacketta Does your cable modem provider require DNS for DHCP communications? I had a similar problem with RoadRunner, once I got put the DNS info in /etc/resolv.conf DHCP worked. Just a thought.

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup in Linux-Mandrake 6.0

1999-09-16 Thread Rendus Maiman
, netcfg and control-panel aren't the same... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup in Linux-Mandrake 6.0 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:57:00 -0400 From: Ronald A. Yacketta Does your cable modem provider require DNS for DHCP

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