Hi, [snip...] >and with OSX...........tweak tweak. And to follow up on this get your digital axe and start digging your cablemodem: (following taken from an article on cablemodemphracking)
>Cable modems known to work with this: >3Com Sharkfin (all models) >Motorola (all models) >Toshiba PCX1100 >Cisco (?) > >Modems that probably don't work: >RCA DCM235 >3Com CMX (USR) > >First, you need the following: >An operating system with >1) A tftp server, >2) snmp software (I used ucd-snmp), >3) a DOCSIS config file generator such as this one: >http://docsis.sourceforge.net/ > >5) Go go go. > >a) determine the address of the modems TFTP server, some modems >are nice enough to give this info to you on their web interface, >others via SNMP, i've been told that a lot of providers use the >same address as their DHCP servers. Most modems use 192.168.100.1 >as their interface address, try to snmpwalk it with the coax >disconnected after rebooting (some retain their config information, >but reset the community strings). (AT&T/MediaOne has 'public' >enabled for the ro string.. go from there) > >b) determine the name of the configuration file, use the same methods >as above, or see below if you're running a semi intelligent tftp server. > >You need to generate a DOCSIS config file for your modem to use, read >the documentation and examples from the docsis config file program >mentioned above. > >c) set the address of your chosen machine to the address of the >tftp server, start pinging the address of the cable modem >(192.168.100.1 usually), this will cause the modem to put >you in its arp tables when you reboot it (reboot it now) > >d) the modem will (hopefully) connect to your machine and start >(trying) to download the configuration file, if you couldn't determine >what it was named earlier this is where the smart tftp server comes in, >it should tell you what file name the modem attempted to grab. > >e) You're done, easy wasn't it? Due to the power of Unix you struck gold. Regards, T@W -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
