Sorry to be sending this again. but as my first send was in HTML, I thought
I would send it in plain text.
Hey all,
Need some help setting up Optus Cable and debian.
I am but a low Newbi in the setup/installation of debian.. well Linux in
general..
here's the problem.
* DHCP will not fin an I
I have been putting off broadband installation at home for more than a year
now. However, this Optus promotion of $0 broadband installation and 3 or 4
months free is very tempting. Before I dip in the pool ...
1) Does anyone here use Optus Cable ? What hardware do they provide ? Does it
work w
Hi all,
I am seriously considering going to Optus cable. They sya they will install
to a local Windows machine which we have, however how hard is it then to
move the system over to a Linux server (RH7.1)? Is there a 'How to' anyhwere
(couldn't find one)?
Cheers
__
Is it a big drama to setup Optus Cable for the Internet on RH7? I tried
to gleen something from previous postings, but I don't see anything
specific on the SLUG site. The Optus people went on and on about having
to have Windows and I told them no. If someone could outline the
procedure step by ste
Hey all,
Need some help setting up Optus Cable and
debian.
I am but a low Newbi in the setup/installation of
debian.. well Linux in general..
here's the problem.
* DHCP will not fin an IP when I try to connect to
Optus Cable.
I have done the following.
* Tried the
standard
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:26 pm, Andrew Robson wrote:
*SNIPPED*
> I have read and tried everything I can about setting up Optus cable, so I
> have turned here as a last resort.
>
> some other facts.
>
> I also run windows on the same machine "yes I know it blows" :P
> it is a dual boot.
> the NIC work
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 03:44 am, James Gray wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:26 pm, Andrew Robson wrote:
> *SNIPPED*
>
> > I have read and tried everything I can about setting up Optus cable, so
> > I have turned here as a last resort.
> >
> > some other facts.
> >
> > I also run windows on the same mach
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hi all, I'm asking this again even though I've asked before just to be
1000% sure of what I'm doing before I go fiddling things I understand
well.
setting up an optus cable modem on a linux/smoothwall machine. whether
it be usb or ethernet.
how easy is
> Jesus Salvo Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I have been putting off broadband installation at home for more than a
> year
> now. However, this Optus promotion of $0 broadband installation and 3
> or 4
> months free is very tempting. Before I dip in the pool ...
>
> 1) Does anyone her
I can give you some feedback. I was with Optus cable broadband for 2
years and just recently discontinued to transfer to Unwired. Glad I did.
An excellent service and cheaper.
Just for fun I have run Fedora 3 and other distros on Optus but also
experienced a lot of headaches at times getting so
I used Optus cable, never had any issues with it.
I don't connect my machine directly, I go via a little
box that is a dhcp client to optus and a dhcp server to
my lan.
I have no reason to think it doesn't work directly though.
Support is fine. Extremely few dropouts.
Matt
--
SLUG - Sydney
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, john gibbons wrote:
> I can give you some feedback. I was with Optus cable broadband for 2
> years and just recently discontinued to transfer to Unwired. Glad I did.
> An excellent service and cheaper.
>
> Just for fun I have run Fedora 3 and other distros on Optus but also
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:08:43PM +1000, Grant Parnell wrote:
> I've got a customer that's got 2 optus cable links at different sites,
> neither of them are a problem. The trick is if you switch ethernet cards
> or plug it into a different machine pull the plug on the cable modem to
> reset it.
Yes, cable. I am in a 2 story house and they put a cable into my
upstairs room. A telstra phone line was downstairs with extensions
upstairs. So I did not need another phone. However, a phone came with it
and when I queried the need for
for it they told me it was a necessary part of the installa
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:00:15PM +1200, John Gibbons wrote:
> Anyway, when I rang and queried the whole deal 18 months later (slow of
> me, I know) I was told the handset could go but I still had to have the
> line because it serviced the modem and would have to continue to pay $10
> per month
Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
I apologise for this long reply but I warn anyone considering Optus
Broadband to check that they are actually getting the service at the
advertised price with no non-essential add-ons that are a disguised
cost.
Ah well, I've never had a problem with them, other than
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:00, Simon Bryan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am seriously considering going to Optus cable. They sya they will install
> to a local Windows machine which we have, however how hard is it then to
> move the system over to a Linux server (RH7.1)? Is there a 'How to' anyhwere
> (could
Around about 2304h 15/10/2002, Ken Foskey emitted the following wisdom:
> It is dead easy. Set up a network card as dhcp and you are away. The
> 'old' Optus notes said you had to force hostname in dhcp but this is no
> longer required.
Now I am curious.
How are they keeping track of user data
> Now I am curious.
>
> How are they keeping track of user data if the hostname is no longer
> required to obtain a DHCP lease?
>
> Unless they can snarf some sort of data from the DOCSIS modem...
The MAC address of the NIC.
- Jeff
--
"GNOME, launched specifically to counter a threat t
> > How are they keeping track of user data if the hostname is no longer
> > required to obtain a DHCP lease?
> >
> > Unless they can snarf some sort of data from the DOCSIS modem...
>
> The MAC address of the NIC.
Does this mean for a $30 investment for an extra NIC you can 2x your
bandwidth l
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:> > > How are they keeping track of user data if the
:> hostname is no longer
:> > > required to obtain a DHCP lease?
:> > >
:> > > Unless they can snarf some sort of data from the
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:> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Optus Cable
:>
:>
:> > > How are they keeping track of user data if the
:> hostname is no longer
:> > > required to obtain a DHCP lease?
:> > >
:> > > Unless they can snarf some sort of data from the
:> DOCS
essential), one for OPTUS and the other for the rest of
the LAN?
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Ken Foskey
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 11:05 PM
> To: slug
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Optus Cable
>
>
> On Tue, 2002-
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iptables script to those interested though it's not especially elegant
it does the job.
Brett
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:> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
:> Simon Bryan
:> Sent: Wednesday, 16 October 2002 9:31 AM
:> To: Ken Foskey;
Quoting Simon Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> So where does the cable modem connect to? I assumed it would be setup on
> a
> serial port or does it connect direct to a NIC?
> I am already running dhcp on the RH server, but the server itself has
> a
> fixed address. If OPTUS connects to a NIC am I be
Title: FW: [SLUG] Optus Cable
-Original Message-
From: Simon Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> So where does the cable modem connect to?
The one I have has both a USB plug and an RJ45 connector. Using USB (they insist on setting it up this way) requires special drivers,
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> :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> :> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> :> Stuart Guthrie @ SLUG
> :> Sent: Wednesday, 16 October 2002 8:14 AM
> :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> :> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Optus Cable
> :>
> :>
> :> > > How are they k
Richard Blackburn wrote:
> Is it a big drama to setup Optus Cable for the Internet on RH7? I tried
> to gleen something from previous postings, but I don't see anything
> specific on the SLUG site. The Optus people went on and on about having
> to have Windows and I told them no. If someone could
> Is it a big drama to setup Optus Cable for the Internet on RH7? I tried
> to gleen something from previous postings, but I don't see anything
> specific on the SLUG site. The Optus people went on and on about having
> to have Windows and I told them no. If someone could outline the
> procedure s
Mehmet Ozdemir wrote:
> Now as to getting optus@home running on redhat, here's a gem for you:
>
> ready for it
>
> http://www.linuxathome.net
>
> how easy was that !!!
harder than you might think...that sites been down for a while now *8-)
--
Rgds,
Chris MacKenzie
Windows: "Where do yo
> > ready for it
> >
> > http://www.linuxathome.net
> >
> > how easy was that !!!
>
> harder than you might think...that sites been down for a while now *8-)
Looks like someone should have done a mirror of it :) haha
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SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
"Michael F." wrote:
>
> > > ready for it
> > >
> > > http://www.linuxathome.net
> > >
> > > how easy was that !!!
> >
> > harder than you might think...that sites been down for a while now *8-)
>
> Looks like someone should have done a mirror of it :) haha
They have !!!
http://members.opt
I use pump (apt-get install pump) instead of dhcpcd as my DHCP client, and it works
fine with optus. You might want to try that. Optus doesn't you to send anything, so
don't send your machine name or host name or anything.
You could try power cycle your modem before starting your dhcp client. U
haun Oliver
> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2004 12:37 AM
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> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] optus cable modem
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> hi all, I'm asking this again even though I've asked bef
Hey.
Optus with Linux is easy. :-) I've done it twice so far, with only
minor problems.
Michael Collins wrote:
If possible take the ethernet option with the modem as USB can give you
all sorts of grief. My opinion/experience only though.
I'll second this. The ethernet modem Just Works.
Durin
http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/
articles/Cable-Modem/Cable-Modem.html#AEN833
the whole thing
look for the section on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apparently (no experience) if you have a NIC it should work fairly easily
from dhcp (well you may be lucky)...
if you have USB you'l
Hey sluggers,
I have dug on google and search the archives and i can't find any answer to
this specific problem.
I am trying to set up a another debian box here to use as a gateway. I
wanted to install directly off the web as I have a optus@home connection and
no cds or cdburner.
I have booted of
Hi guys
I was just wondering if anyone knows somebody that hosts their
own website on their optus cable account ? I know alot of people who are on ADSL
are doing it (I'm not talking about the business plan) even though they're not
suppose to.. is that possible too with optus cable ?
Thank
Hi all,
Thanks for the advice recently on getting my second NIC running and
connecting to Optus Cable - it is working if you get this email :-)
However can anyone tell me how to access the OptusCable Home page http:/www/
? I am running through Squid as a proxy server at the moment and the server
i
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:22:01 +1000, David Kempe wrote:
> I am trying to set up a another debian box here to use as a gateway. I
> wanted to install directly off the web as I have a optus@home connection and
> no cds or cdburner.
> The default DHCP request from the debian installer fails of co
Try dhcpcd if you have it - it works for me. My command line is
dhcpcd -h co3xxx-a.
I'm not familiar with pump, but I'd guess that it doesn't send a
client id, just a hostname request.
David Kempe wrote:
> I am trying to set up a another debian box here to use as a gateway. I
> wanted to in
> Try dhcpcd if you have it - it works for me. My command line is
> dhcpcd -h co3xxx-a.
> I'm not familiar with pump, but I'd guess that it doesn't send a
> client id, just a hostname request.
Yeah I have figured that out. I just manually configured the interface with
the same settings as bef
David Kempe wrote:
> Hey sluggers,
> I have dug on google and search the archives and i can't find any answer to
> this specific problem.
>
> I am trying to set up a another debian box here to use as a gateway. I
> wanted to install directly off the web as I have a optus@home connection and
> no
> I was just wondering if anyone knows somebody that hosts their own website
> on their optus cable account ? I know alot of people who are on ADSL are
> doing it (I'm not talking about the business plan) even though they're not
> suppose to.. is that possible too with optus cable ?
Probably b
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Tom Gao wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone knows somebody that hosts their own
> website on their optus cable account ? I know alot of people who are
> on ADSL are doing it (I'm not talking about the business plan) even
> though they're not suppose to.. is that possible t
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 10:41:56AM +1000, DaZZa wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Tom Gao wrote:
>
> > I was just wondering if anyone knows somebody that hosts their own website
> > on their optus cable account ? I know alot of people who are on ADSL are
> > doing it (I'm not talking about the busines
more examples/answers,
but that seemed to work for me.
dave
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From: "Simon Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Slug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:05 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Optus cable home page www
> Hi all,
> Tha
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:05:20 +1100 Simon Bryan wrote:
> However can anyone tell me how to access the OptusCable Home page
> http:/www/? I am running through Squid as a proxy server at the moment
> and the server is on RH7.2. This works fine if your system is
> connected directly to the modem.
When
> Hi all,
> Thanks for the advice recently on getting my second NIC running and
> connecting to Optus Cable - it is working if you get this email :-)
>
> However can anyone tell me how to access the OptusCable Home page http:/www/
> ? I am running through Squid as a proxy server at the moment an
...and then Simon Bryan said:
>
> >
> > , and copy that line into the resolv.conf on your client machines. Then
> > you should be able to browse the homepage.
>
> Hmmm, does Windows have one of these? Can't seem to find anything relevant.
Oh, you need it to work for Windows clients too?
If yo
> "Peter" == Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> ...and then Simon Bryan said:
>>
>> >
>> > , and copy that line into the resolv.conf on your client
>> machines. Then > you should be able to browse the homepage.
>>
>> Hmmm, does Windows have one of these? Can't seem to find anyt
Hi all,
I am still classifying myself as a NEWBIE but I
am in need of a little help.
I am about to help a friend of mine to put a
RH6.2 system in as a server for the Optus Cable they have had
installed.
The box I am giving them is a P133 with 32Meg
and a 1 Gig HDD and two network cards a
Hi Everyone,
We have a home/office user running Optus Cable. The problem is that we
cannot get the Cable service to work under Linux
In the past I had a home connection running Optus Cable and it was quite
easliy achieved with 'dhcpcd' and in one case (don't know why) I was able to
jump on t
> I am still classifying myself as a NEWBIE but I am in need of a little help.
> I am about to help a friend of mine to put a RH6.2 system in as a server for the
>Optus Cable they have had installed.
> The box I am giving them is a P133 with 32Meg and a 1 Gig HDD and two network cards
>and a FD
that is it, all you need to know is your computer name co and away
you go.
Good Luck
Patrick
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Brem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, 10 September 2000 12:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [SLUG] Optus Cable and a network install
Hi all,
I
> Problem: It's not working.
Its just straight DHCP these days.
If you can get an IP from a DHCP server with that network card on other
networks then it should work for optus.
we do need a little more info - have you got the cables in the right way?
(believe it or not it happens often that people
> Its just straight DHCP these days.
> If you can get an IP from a DHCP server with that network card on other
> networks then it should work for optus.
> we do need a little more info - have you got the cables in the right way?
> (believe it or not it happens often that people forget about the lo
On 28 Apr, Alan Vink wrote:
> Whats "straight" DHCP? Not feeding the hostname to DHCP server at Optus for
> authentication?? eg. dhcpcd -h c355 eth0.
>
> Does anyone know if requirements differ from area to area. In other words,
> does "all" Optus cable DHCP servers in various nodes
On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 10:14:45PM +1000, Alan Vink wrote:
> We have a home/office user running Optus Cable. The problem is that we
> cannot get the Cable service to work under Linux
>
> In the past I had a home connection running Optus Cable and it was quite
> easliy achieved with 'dhcpcd'
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Andre Pang wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 10:14:45PM +1000, Alan Vink wrote:
>
> > We have a home/office user running Optus Cable. The problem is that we
> > cannot get the Cable service to work under Linux
> >
> > In the past I had a home connection running Optus Cable
> The current situation is this:
>
WAIT !
> Now, Optus pick up an IP address by the MAC address of your
> network card. Change your network card and you'll get
> a different IP address.
>
Changing the network card would affect the MAC address, which this system
now relies on for DHCP. Problem we
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