Re: Need help with new cable modem
Subject: Need help with new cable modem Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:07:58AM -0800 In reply to:Matt Campbell Quoting Matt Campbell([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my linux box to use it? I can tell already I have several issues to address: 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I may need to change my hostname to that beastly thing they assigned me... ugh 3) Pray to God. (Or gods, or goddesses, depending on religious inclination) So, can anyone give me any pointers? Read the ISDN-HOWTO -- Office Automation, n.: The use of computers to improve efficiency by removing anyone you would want to talk with over coffee. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help with new cable modem
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 02:40:44PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) ne2k-pci (as had already been mentioned I suppose) does it. 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I may need to change my hostname to that beastly thing they assigned me... ugh This isn't any more difficult than installing dhcpcd package. Changing the hostname isn't really important. Save this for much later. Read the ISDN-HOWTO That won't help. ISDN is a completely different beast. Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the Plug almost always works.--unknown source pgp67oi5aKDWR.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Need help with new cable modem
1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) Supported in the 2.2 series if I recall 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I may need to change my hostname to that beastly thing they assigned me... ugh Just install dhcp package -- no config needed. As to the hostname. Just set the hostname on your local ethernet rather than over the global one. To you and other machines at home you are Home, over the net you are qwe123-cable 3) Pray to God. (Or gods, or goddesses, depending on religious inclination) We like to sacrifice NT machines at work, but as you wish (-:
Re: Need help with new cable modem
*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about Need help with new cable modem Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my linux box to use it? I can tell already I have several issues to address: 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) This is usually called a 'white box' version of a product and is used by distributers and such, it doesn't have the retail packaging and extras and is thus usually costs less. 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I may need to change my hostname to that beastly thing they assigned me... ugh 3) Pray to God. (Or gods, or goddesses, depending on religious inclination) So, can anyone give me any pointers? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com I have no experience here but have you read the cable-modem mini howto and the dhcp mini howto? They might give you some info. http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Cable-Modem.html http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/DHCP.html I think the key thing for the NIC is to disable the PNP mode of it. Usually this is done with a DOS program. If you cable company didn't give you one then you will have to find one on the web or ask them for one. -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Need help with new cable modem
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Matt Campbell wrote: Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my linux box to use it? I can tell already I have several issues to address: 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) It's a ne2000 clone. This is supported in the recent (~2.0.34) kernels. I used the ISA ne2000 driver with earlier kernels with no problems). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Need help with new cable modem
*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about Need help with new cable modem 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) A quick search on Realtek's site(http://www.realtek.com.tw) seems to indicate that it is an NE2000 combatible card so just recompile the kernel for NE2000 support. They also provide Linux drivers but I would not use those unless as a last resort, chances are the driver is already in the kernel. The site also has the config utility to run under a clean(no windows) DOS season to configure the card. Use that to disable PNP, ftp://ftp.realtek.com.tw/LANCARD/drivers/8029/RSET8029.EXE. Have fun, -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
