[NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem Questions

[Bobby Wrenn]

The telco won't touch a Linux machine. On RH 6.x there are three files
to edit. This is what you will need if you have a static IP address.

/etc/hosts:
putyourpublicIPhere    yourusername.ispdomainname.tld  
analiasifyouwantit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:	or ifcfg-eht0:
IPADDR=putyourpublicIPhere
NETWORK=putyourpublicnetworkIPhere
BROADCAST=putyourpublicbroadcastIPhere
GATEWAY=putyourpublicgatewayIPhere

If you don't have a static IP I don't know what you need.

Bobby

Charles Jacobus wrote:
> 
> I am running the Charter at home off a hub to a WIN95 & a WIN98 machine. They
> sent a Tech out gratis with a new modem to fix my problem.The tech also
> changed the numbers (are they IP numbers) on both machines. Don't know if
> they will perform this service gratis on a Linix system, but I'd ask them.
> Chuck
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Walters <swalters at flash.net>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem Questions
> 
> > I'm in SW Ft. Worth and until last week I was running with a static
> > ip configuration, but I think they switched to dhcp and that was
> > a part of my problems.  I'm running slackware 4.0,  now with the
> > dhcp client software.  It works well, and the ip address returned
> > is still my old static ip.
> > There are many help pages available, I think you'll find this one
> > very helpful.  It is for Charter at home linux customers with RH.
> > http://24.5.101.81/Linux/  (keep trying the link, it does work, just not
> 24/7)
> > Scott
> 
> > At 01:22 PM 3/9/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Ok the issue is though how did you get it set up to begin with?  I may
> just
> > >have to go find a copy of RH 6.1 before I can get this all squared but
> how'd
> > >you set up the network?
> > >
> > >Mine's not working yet for some reason...
> > >
> > >Jeff Bohning
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Charles Jacobus" <charles.jacobus at home.com>
> > >To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> > >Cc: <casey3771 at home.com>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 5:58 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem Questions
> > >> Sorry I,m getting around to answer this so late.
> > >> I use Charter at home, and have had intermittant disconnects from the net
> for
> > >> the last 2 weeks. They fixed it twice over the net, but then sent a
> tech
> > >out gratis
> > >> to change the modem. They said that they had used two different modems
> on
> > >> the same cluster, and were having some kind of a noise incompatibility.
> > >It's
> > >> working now, again, for the last 2 days. Chuck J.
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne at hex.net>
> > >> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> > >> Cc: Jeff Bohning <casey3771 at home.com>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 7:27 AM
> > >> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem Questions
> > >> > ... Someetimes I forward messages to discuss at ntlug.org because I
> don't
> > >> > have a useful answer myself, and hope someone else does ...
> > >> >
> > >> > Note that response(s) should get directed to <casey3771 at home.com>;
> > >> although
> > >> > hopefully Jeff will add himself to the mailing lists via exploring
> > >> > <http://www.ntlug.org/> so that delivery there becomes automatic.
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm afraid I don't have a useful answer to this.
> > >> >
> > >> > ------- Forwarded Message
> > >> > Return-Path: <casey3771 at home.com>
> > >> > Delivered-To: cbbrowne at hex.net
> > >> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 02:44:33 -0600
> > >> > Sorry to barge into your life as such but I have a cable modem and
> have
> > >no idea why it's not seeing the network.. any ideas?   The gateway, IP
> addy
> > >> and DNS I was given are all in properly but still no traffic... If you
> know
> > >> > anyone who might have an answer feel free to forward this to them
> > >PLEASE!
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> > (Fellow North Texas person hoping to be part of the NTLUG)
> > >> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
> 
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