>Someone suggested I read the Cable-Modem HOWTO
>because the Slackware distribution has a quirk where things look ok at
>boot-up but the card is in Plug & Play mode and needs to be changed to
>PCI mode. The HOWTO suggest getting the DOS utility from 3com to check this.
>I did that but get a run-time devide-by-zero error occurs so I don't know how
>the card is configured. The 3com archive is called cardfind.exe and the
>executable is 3link-id.exe. The readme.txt file says it should detect
>the 3c905 family.
Mike, the utility you downloaded is actually the 3Com NIC ID utility. It is supposed
to tell you the model number of your NIC. I've tried it several times, but have had
little luck w/ it. I'm not sure how Dell sets up their integrated NICs, but I would
stay away from Dell in the future. Your best bet is a locally-built sytem, using
industry standard compnonents. Dell does not use standards, they are heavily
proprietary hardware.
>Windows doesn't seem to care how the card is configured and I didn't find
>any reference as to what mode it is in.
>
>So the problem of whether the NIC can talk to the modem isn't resolved.
>Perhaps someone familiar with how Dell configures their intigrated
>network cards can tell us which mode they are in and how it can be
>changed. I've asked (email) tech support, too.
>>>
>>> Also, since I don't know any DNS addresses, I can't make entires in
>>> resolv.conf. I don't think this matters at this point.
>>
>>dhcpd will (or should) do this when it contacts the dhcp server from your
>>ISP. Routes will also be added automaticly as well.
>>
>>All of the above presumes your ISP provides a dynamic IP#, IF you have been
>>given a "static IP#" then you must use ifconfig to configure eth0 to talk
>>to the modem and add routes yourself as well as edit /etc/resolv.conf to
>>reflect the nameserver addressess.
>>
>I don't think there is doubt that @home in Mt. View CA supplies dynamic
>IP addresses--the Windows configuration (which works) verifies this.
>>>
>>> The loopbabk device is installed and has it's entry in /etc/hosts and
>>> shows in ifconfig and route.
>>
>>This has little bearing on the presant problem.
>>
>>>
>>> Likewise, there is no entry in /etc/networks beside localnet.
>>>
>>> So if anyone can give me things to try, I'd appreciate.
>>>
In regards to the rest of the discuccion, everyone else has been right on, the modem
is not talking to the NIC. I am not familiar with @home, but I do work at an ADSL
tech support center, and it sounds similar to our bridged connection. There are no
drivers for the modem itself, it simply attaches to your NIC, which is set up for
DHCP, and the PC sees the modem as a router. Check the Duplex settings for your NIC,
it should probably be set to half-duplex (10BaseT) rather than full-duplex (100BaseT).
You may be able to do this in the CMOS Setup. Beyond that, look to your OS, and
follow the other suggestions already posted by other users of this group.
>>> In regard to it's performance in Windows, I'm a bit disappointed--speeds
>>> seem to average around 35 Kbytes/sec on ftp recieve transfers.
>>
>>30Kbytes/sec is a so called 256k link 60Kbytes/sec = 500K link, 1Mb/sec is
>>then 120Kb/sec (I hope i have that correct) .
>>Just what speed should the link be.?? if you dont know ask your provider.
>>
>@home says spped up to 100 time a 56K modem. That would means max speed
>around 560Kbytes/sec. So 30Kbytes/sec is a bit disapointing and I've
>been told that this speed is pretty much average.
It sounds like the cable network may not be so great in your neighborhood, OR you are
sharing your bandwidth w/ many other users in your area. This is the great drawback
of cable modems, I think. If you are the first person in the neighborhood, and oyou
have good lines, you're blazing. However, every additional user on that loop is
sharing the same bandwidth as you, so it bogs down rather quickly. You may get better
results from DSL, if it's available in your area, but as an insider, I can tell you,
it has its own share of problems. But, you don't share your bandwidth w/ anyone!
>
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