[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Cable modem problems

[Bobby Wrenn]

Have you tried setting up the NIC manually? Do you know the IRQ and IO
for the NIC?

If all else fails you can use a NIC you know. You don't have to use the
one they give you.

Bobby

Jeff Bohning wrote:
> 
> All makes perfect sense but I'm not sure how to get the SMC POS card they
> gave me from @Home to be recognized... last install was RH 5.2 though so i'm
> going to see if I can find a distro of RH 6.1 at least... Know anyone having
> luck/trouble with SMC NIC's?
> 
> Jeff Bohning
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Stokes" <david_stokes at yahoo.com>
> To: <casey3771 at home.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 8:48 AM
> Subject: Cable modem problems
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I saw your plea that was on the NTLUG discuss list.
> >
> > I have a cable modem with Linux boxes attached. Here is the 10,000 foot
> > view.  The first trick is to make sure you ethernet card is working --
> > Many have to be initialized before they will work.  Then see if you can
> > can ping your gateway box; If your machine can send packets to the next
> > nearest upstream box you are in good shape.  Then see if you can ping
> > the nameservers  and try something like www.ibm.com or another big
> > site.
> >
> > 1.  Ping your IP  'ping 24.24.24.99'  -> use the numbers @home supplies
> > for your setup.
> > if that doesn't work, it may be the card or the setup.
> > 2. Ping your gateway 'ping 24.24.24.23'
> > If that doesn't work, call tech support and have them try to hit it
> > from the other side.  my cable modem worked for a week and then the
> > gateway went bad -> service had to fix that.
> > 3. Ping the nameservers 'ping 24.22.1.22'.  If this doesn't work the
> > gateway doe not hook into the bigger @home network.
> > 4. Ping a popular site like yahoo.  if this doesn;t work, @home has the
> > problem.
> >
> >
> > If this is clear as mud, e-mail me back.
> >
> > Dave Stokes
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > -David Stokes-
> > david_stokes at yahoo.com
> >
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