[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Cable modem problems

[David Stokes]

Jeff,

To be honest I took the SMC card they gave me and put it up on the
shelf and used an old 3c509B card.  I've been told the SMC works but
you have to boot the system with dos and then use the config utility
that came with the NIC.  It the one guilty secret area about Linux
networking that I hate -- most NIC use DOS utilities to config the
card.

Good luck

dave stokes

--- Jeff Bohning <casey3771 at home.com> 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
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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