Hi Chuck and Jacob, When I went with ccable here I just had to set my dhcp. Unfortunately there are no config tools in Debian to run the dhcp so I had to do it all by hand. The only problem I ran in to is that my new ip address was not found so I had to unhash one line in dhcp for this. Chuck if you write me off list I can send you a copy of the cable modem howto I have all the howtos on my system. On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:44:20 -0500 (EST), Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > >1. What part of the setup must be done by my provider, and what > >part by me? My provider advertises that they only support Windows > >and Mac OS, but that's what Verizon said too. > You hook the cable modem up in to your computer and your TV cable line, and your computer connects through it. However, activation is done on the > provider's end and you can't use it until they activate you, in the case of adelphia (my provider) they activate you based on the mac address of your cable > modem so even if you move you're still activated as long as you stay in the area where they provide service. > >>2. With DSL, I used the Roaring Penguin PPP-O-E scripts and > >configuring, starting, and stopping my connection was a snap. Is > >there any analogous tool for handling cable modem DHCP > >connections? > No, you don't need it. The cable modem will appear as a standard ethernet device if you plug it in via USB, and if you plug it in via ethernet, you just use it > through your NIC. Either way, only thing you need is standard network tools such as dhcpcd and ifconfig. In general, you don't "stop" a cable connection, > it's always on. > NOTE on USB connectivity: Linux supports cable modems based on the CDC standard, which most are. If yours is not, you may have to connect via > ethernet. This means, that if you already use your ethernet card for home networking, you're gonna need another NIC. If your modem isn't detected by the > hotplug subsystem, it may still be supported. Try loading the CDCEther module in 2.4 kernels, or the usbnet module in 2.6 kernels. The cable modem I use is > a motorola surfboard sb-5100, which works fine with USB, though it isn't acknowledged as being supported in the driver, the only slight quirk being that after > fedora's kudzu tool got done with it, it needed to be unplugged and reset--turning on safe probing in kudzu fixed that. Same applies if switching from a 2.4 to > a 2.6 kernel, cable modem needs a reset. > >3. I found lots of stuff to read about DSL, but precious little > >about cable modem in Linux. Anyone know something useful I can > >sink my teeth into? > There used to be a cable-modem howto at the LDP, I think it's still there. It's a bit dated (for instance it doesn't acknowledge that linux can use most USB > cable modems), but it may still be useful. In general there's precious little to read because all standard networking configuration applies, so there's really > nothing special that needs to be done in most cases. If it works with mac os x then it's a 99% chance that it works with linux as well, I've found this to be the > general rule for services and devices alike. > >My system is a Slackware 9.1 distro with lots of bells and > >whistles. But I have tasted a high speed connection and can > >hardly bear to use a 56K dialup ISP again. > Yeah, I know what ya mean. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP SDK 3.0 > > iQA/AwUBP/oA1JXfgIVMPEIbEQJGvwCg1MMtghQFQVITZLWMqJFv73N5O+UAn1WE > DDtwERMogEYkHazokKNDu+Av > =Bvm1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Scott Berry Email: scott at drscott.dyndns.biz
