Thanks for the reply Robert!
I have mine set up like;
{internet}--{cable modem}--{computer}
I ordered a router, but it is not here yet.
I think its the activating the account part I'm having the problem
with. So how do I find out what that 'super-secret Charter site' is?
Do you by any chance know how to get in contact with the charter guy who
set yours up? The guy I talked to on the phone today basically said he
didn't know anything about linux and that they didn't provide any
support for it.
Should I have been given a user name or password? I asked the guy on
the phone about that too, and he said no.
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 20:21, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Thursday, Aug 26, 2004, at 00:29 US/Central, trisha wrote:
> > Anyone here using charter internet with their linux computer?
>
> Sure am. And a few others on this list are, too. Physically, your
> setup should look something like this:
>
> {internet}--{cable modem}--{computer}
>
> The computer connects to the modem via DHCP which automatically assigns
> you an IP address. However, Charter needs to "activate" your account.
> They either need to tell you how to activate your account or they have
> to activate your account for you. I had the Charter guy active my
> account when he was at my house installing the cable setup. Basically,
> the activation process involves opening up a web browser (I had him use
> FireFox), visit some super-secret Charter site, type in a bunch of
> information about me (name, address, account number, yada, yada, yada),
> and it then "just worked." Just be aware that it looks as though the
> activation process records your MAC address on your ethernet card.
>
> Once you are activated, you're good to go. Your computer gets an IP
> from the modem and you're on the 'Net.
>
> For reference, my setup at home looks like this:
>
> {internet}--{cable modem}--{wifi router/firewall/NAT}--{multiple
> computers}
>
> By having the router in between my computers and modem allows me to do
> the following:
> - setup firewall rules
> - connect multiple computers
> - "clone" the MAC address for the one that Charter has on file.
>
> Hope this helps and let us know how things go.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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