Hello T., Sunday, January 8, 2006, 8:12:34 PM, you wrote:
TMM> I have suse Linux 9.0 pro on one hard disk and windows on another and TMM> currently use grub. I have a cable modem NIC setup on my Linux disc TMM> and works fine for RR even thought RR offers no support. I cannot get TMM> windows to recognize the sbmodem even with the provided software cd. I TMM> think it's because my ISP identifies my two discs as two computers. Since you mention you are a new Linux user, welcome to the list. First... Separating your discrete ideas into paragraphs will in the future make reading your postings easier to read. Second... It is a good idea to put something more descriptive than 'hello' in the subject line. I also took the liberty of marking this thread as OT (off topic), as it has to do with Windows, more than it does Linux. RR=[undefined term], so for the moment, I will assume that it is your ISP, probably Road Runner. I am using SBC DSL, so I do not know the particulars of any other high speed ISP's. I do know that in order for a modem and a computer to play nicely together, they have to be setup so that they are using the same protocols. I have my Netopia modem/ 4 port router setup with PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), and it is acting as a dhcp server for my LAN, and using NAT. With this configuration on the modem, I must have all of my computers, Windows, Linux Red Hat, and OpenBSD, configured to look for a dhcp server on boot, that will assign them IP addresses. I do not think that your modem is smart enough to know or care whether you have one or two hard drives on your computer. It will only 'see' one operating system, and the only part of that operating system it will have any interaction with, will be the protocols it is using to make the Internet connection... almost certainly TCP/IP. If I were you, I would read the manual for the Modem first, to see what protocols it uses. Then, I would see what settings SUSE was successfully using, and use those to set up Windows. TMM> I can use the "the on the road" dial up modem to get RR on TMM> windows. My NIC is listed in windows as functioning with proper TMM> drivers. I was wondering if I could make my linux disc into a TMM> proxy server for my windows disc on the same machine. Only if you can figure out how to have both operating systems booting simultaneously from Grub, on the same machine.<g> TMM> Is there a hardware router change I TMM> could make.I'm on an Asus mb with plenty of space.It seems possible TMM> since the signal from the ISP is the same and I doubt RR would detect TMM> it. The ISP has always assumed I had a windows connection since they TMM> offer no support for Linux. I use Mozilla suite in windows and Mozilla TMM> 1.7 with KDE in Linux.Is the issue that my NIC will only operate in TMM> Linux? That would be odd since I installed it in windows first with TMM> software, and just picked it out in Yast with Linux, plugged in the TMM> sbmodem and was online, e-mail and all from three different ISP TMM> including an AOL imap account from another machine.I thin RR is TMM> picking out a static IP though they say they don't. It does not matter if your IP is static or dynamic. Your Modem is probably using NAT (Network Address Translation), so that many computers on a LAN can all share the same Internet connection, but even that is not important at this level, because, you are only running one single computer, with one single operating system, at a time, if I am understanding you correctly. You failed to mention which version of Windows you are using. In Win2k, the TCP/IP settings are accessible in 'Settings | Network and Dial-Up Connections' and then by choosing the connection profile, selecting TCP/IP, and opening it's 'Properties' settings. You mention that you can dial in with no problem. A dial-in profile is completely different from an Ethernet profile. If you currently have your dial-in profile as the default Internet connection, that would explain why you cannot connect with the High Speed Ethernet connection... you have to set that one up to be the default... assuming you have created a profile for the ethernet device at all. TMM> Is it possible that the NIC IP is different in windows than in TMM> Linux on the same machine. It depends on what your modem requires. Most high speed modems use dhcp, and assign IP addys on boot. TMM> They can't be using the MAC id of the modem as I have never TMM> put it in. I am a new user of Linux and not quite used to the TMM> terminology having been drunk on windows for so long. Is there even an TMM> IP table? Suggestions appreciated.I have to think this through but I TMM> was wondering if anyone else had this cable modem issue with RR TMM> running Linux with a windows partition or seperate disc.The DHCP works TMM> fine for the dial up modem and the network settings are right in TMM> windows.I've sent to RR but got no reply.I'd like to come up with a TMM> Linux solution. There is no 'Linux solution' to a Windows problem, but there are a lot of Linux users, who also use Windows, so you might still get a useful reply. TMM> Seems so far to be more stable.I expect my stuff to TMM> work right. My Windows installations are all Desktop, and very stable, same as my Red Hat Enterprise installation, but I have made it my business to know how to take care of Windows pretty well, and also, I do not try to make it do things that I know it cannot do well. For a server, exposed to the Internet, I prefer BSD, or Linux. TMM> I pay enough for it all. I build my own computers, so I pay significantly less than someone who buys ready-made computers, in dollars and cents, but in terms of hours spent studying, and learning what I am doing, both building my own computers, and learning how to use Linux and BSD, are more costly. I do, however, feel that I am getting what I am paying for, by becoming a more savvy computer user. Either you own the box, or the box owns you. -wittig website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ . To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
