Ay Kenny, Adelphia apparently uses the mac address of the cable modem. I need to check to be sure they got that and if this is the case I then probably should make sure I know what is to be transmitted if anything. Thanks for the tip. Scott At 09:26 AM 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, Scott. In my area, Comcast uses client identifier instead of the MAC >address of the network card to get an IP. Comcast tech support calls it >"your computer name." This isn't the host name of your system, it's a >string sent by your DHCP client. It's been a long time since I used >them, so I'm not completely sure, but I don't think pump would let me >send the string. Dhclient and dhcpcd did work for me. > >Good luck and hope this helps. > Kenny > >On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:39:53AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > > Hello Speakup friends, > > > > Well I'm temporarly using my work E-mail address until I get my cable > > connection working. Therefore I have a question regarding the Debian > Potato > > installation. I'm using the disks off the ftp site and from what I can > tell > > I get to the point where I'm to configure the network, but I'm having some > > problems. I have a cable connection whcih uses dhcp and from what the > cable > > company tellss me they don't support anything but windows, but well gee > > does this surprise anyone, however, there are folks using Linux with their > > service. This leads me to believe their dhcp implementation is normal so > > all should work. > > I have a 3com card its an older isa 10mbps model that uses the 503 driver. > > When the module was installed there were no errors and if you type > ifconfig > > it gives me some basic info about the card like the irq and so on. Of > > course it does not provide any ip or other info as one hasn't been > assigned > > to it. So I let the installer run pump to obtain the ip address and so on > > automatically and it returns a message after about 20 seconds or so > stating > > the configuration failed. I can't get any useful information as to why it > > failed. I tried running pump by hand to see if anything of value would > come > > from it and yet nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions I might try? It > > appears as far as I can determine that the cable connection is working or > > so all the lights on the cable modem would indicate this and the network > > card worked fine previously in this box when I had dsl. > > > > tia > > Scott > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
