Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-07-27 Thread Sandip Sandip
From: Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in To: Sudev Barar sba...@gmail.com Cc: User, Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 12:52:15 PM Subject: Re: connecting cable modem through usb port 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-15 Thread green
Sandip Sandip wrote at 2009-06-08 02:07 -0600: I have an old debian 2.4x kernel machine. I want to connect a cable modem through the usb port. CDCEther support is on. When the machine is up and running cable modem LEDs show PC connection. I have done this successfully in the

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 13:37 +0530, Sandip Sandip wrote: I have an old debian 2.4x kernel machine. I want to connect a cable modem through the usb port. Hi, At the risk of telling the obvious, Debian releases with 2.4 kernel (Sarge?) aren't supported anymore. Connecting such machine to the

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Sudev Barar
2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is a modem only if

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Sandip Sandip
2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is a modem only if

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Sudev Barar wrote: 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Sudev Barar
2009/6/9 Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net: Sudev Barar wrote: While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is a modem only if connecting through serial port. If it is connecting through network cable it is a network device and your problem would be more in area of setting up IP

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 411728.34217...@web95107.mail.in2.yahoo.com, Sandip Sandip wrote: 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. Its a cable

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread John Hasler
Sandip writes: So, do I need to 'install' the modem so Debian knows there is a networking device on the USB port and then use pppconfig. Boyd writes: Yes. If you are attempting to use the USB side of the device, you will need a special driver for your OS. He will need a driver (better to

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread H.S.
Sandip Sandip wrote: Its a cable modem. When I connect a Windows machine to it, I connect it on the LAN port (Network cable). Once the modem is on, I need no configuration, usernames, passwords, etc. I can access the net. What you have observed above is correct. I understand this as: 1.

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread Mark Allums
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 411728.34217...@web95107.mail.in2.yahoo.com, Sandip Sandip wrote: 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-08 Thread Sudev Barar
2009/6/8 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: I have an old debian 2.4x kernel machine. I want to connect a cable modem through the usb port. CDCEther support is on. When the machine is up and running cable modem LEDs show PC connection. But I am not able to access internet. What is

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-08 Thread John Hasler
Sudev Barar writes: AFAIK you will have to do something like pppconfig to make a ppp connection for this to work. Not pppconfig. For a DSL modem configured as a bridge (most default to router these days) he would need to run pppoeconf but I don't think that any cable providers use PPPoE. --

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-08 Thread Sandip Sandip
Sudev Barar writes: AFAIK you will have to do something like pppconfig to make a ppp connection for this to work. Not pppconfig. For a DSL modem configured as a bridge (most default to router these days) he would need to run pppoeconf but I don't think that any cable providers use PPPoE. No