hello zork, sorry if im not a fellow slacker, i am a redhatter all my linux life. ill be giving you an idea on what you are about to setup since we used to do this in my previous job.. please see comments below. HTH, allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "zorkdork" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:47 PM Subject: [plug] destiny cable service and other interesting stuff > papakabit na ko nang destiny sometime soon, and there just some stuff i wanna know para pag dating eh well prepared na ako. > > question(s) lang: > > 1.) do i need a straight through, or crossover (or plug it to the hub's "uplink" port) cable to connect the motorola cyber surfer to my hub? eh kung i recta ko to my eth0? straight oh crossover? when using cable modems, we usually use a straight through cable when connecting to your hub since i assume that you will be doing internet sharing with this setup. a cross-cable would do if you will connect it directly to the ethernet port of your pc. > > 2.) i observed sa net cafe nang isang phrend na: pag sinaksak ang cable modem straight to the hub, yung mga PC na naka saksak to that same hub gets assigned different global IP addies, hmmm, how does destiny ba authenticate its users? through the MAC of the nic(s) or, walang authentication (as i suspect) cable modems are assigned public ip address, and they do authentication thru the mac address of your cable modem. meaning that they assign public ip address that corresponds to your cable modem mac address upon activation of the link. > > 3.) if wala ngang authentication or, through MAC address lang na pwede namang baguhin through ifconfig, does that mean, na pag nag pakabit ako nang destiny cable TV service...tapos i attach that cable to a cable modem that i own (or stolen from another cable isp, or whatever :-) eh mag kakaroon na ako nang destiny internet, and just need to pay for cable tv fees?!?!!?!? nope.. > > 4.) will it be ok, if i attach nga the cable direct to the hub and let my mom's win98 machine attach straight to the hub, and i attach my slackware box to the hub? right. masquarading should do the trick as well as squid. > > 5.) kung mag ip_masq na lang ako instead of just sticking both PCs to the hub, where the cable modem is also attached, mas ok kaya ang performance. same as above. BTW for you to run internet sharing, you must attach all workstations and your linux box to a hub, and your slackware box will be the gateway of your worksations in connecting to the internet. see link below for more info. http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html > > oh well i know i will get the answers soon enough, i am just curious, and maybe some of you know this already. > > thanks > > > rcd > > __________________________________ > www.edsamail.com > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
