Folks I spoke to a friend of mine and he had a similar problem and it was the 3com 503 card. It apparently had something to do with the driver for the card not being able to I think transfer something that the dhcp server wants. I may try loading another module for the other card in the box which is a pci card. I'm also going to call the cable folk and find out more info on the dhcp server. tnx At 02:30 PM 9/24/2003 -0400, you wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
