Re: NEWBIE: Logging into Cox Cable service
I have Cox.net here. What seems to happen is that the cable modem
itself latches on (so to speak) to the MAC address of the nic you're
using. Usually, all that is required is to power cycle the cable modem
and it should see the new nic and you'll be able to get your DHCP
response.
HTH.
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:10:41 -0500, James A. Coulter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running FreeBSD 4.10 and am trying to connect to my Cox ISP via a an
> Ethernet nic and cable modem.
>
> I have DHCP for the nic enabled in /etc/rc.conf and can obtain an IP address
> from my Windows 98 gateway, but when I connect the nic to the cable modem
> and reboot I do not get a response from the cox DHCP server.
>
> The nic shows active in ifconfig, but no IP is assigned to it.
>
> I suspect the Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password from
> dhclient.conf
>
> I googled and the closest answer I found was a short article in the FreeBSD
> Diary published in 2000 that gave this as an example dhclient.conf:
>
> interface "de0" {
> send host-name "cr123456-a";
> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers,
> domain-name, time-servers;
> require domain-name-servers;
> }
>
> I tried substituting my own interface and looked up the hostname info cox
> provided to my Windows 98 box and swapped the computer names, but no luck.
>
> Is my hunch correct? When I set up my Windows boxes to connect to Cox with
> their CD, it always asked for the main account username and password â so
> I'm guessing when the dhcp client sends out its request for an address, the
> Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to send the username and password?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jim C.
>
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Re: NEWBIE: Logging into Cox Cable service
On Sunday 11 July 2004 10:10, you wrote:
> I am running FreeBSD 4.10 and am trying to connect to my Cox ISP via a an
> Ethernet nic and cable modem.
>
> I have DHCP for the nic enabled in /etc/rc.conf and can obtain an IP
> address from my Windows 98 gateway, but when I connect the nic to the cable
> modem and reboot I do not get a response from the cox DHCP server.
>
> The nic shows active in ifconfig, but no IP is assigned to it.
>
> I suspect the Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password from
> dhclient.conf
>
> I googled and the closest answer I found was a short article in the FreeBSD
> Diary published in 2000 that gave this as an example dhclient.conf:
>
> interface "de0" {
> send host-name "cr123456-a";
> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers,
> domain-name, time-servers;
> require domain-name-servers;
> }
>
> I tried substituting my own interface and looked up the hostname info cox
> provided to my Windows 98 box and swapped the computer names, but no luck.
>
> Is my hunch correct? When I set up my Windows boxes to connect to Cox with
> their CD, it always asked for the main account username and password – so
> I’m guessing when the dhcp client sends out its request for an address, the
> Cox DHCP server is expecting a username and password.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to send the username and password?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jim C.
Jim,
Many cable providers require that you register the MAC address of the NIC
interfaces you connect to their cable modems. Many used to do this, and have
gotten away from it, as it causes problems such that you're experiencing now.
When you had your service installed, did the service just work, or did you
have to go to a web page and type some things in, first?
I know that if you use an internet gateway device, such as a Linksys model,
they usually have a feature called MAC Address Cloning to defeat this.
To confirm this is your issue, try swapping network cards between the
computers. You should find that you're now able to obtain an IP address.
HTH
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Re: NEWBIE: Logging into Cox Cable service
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:10:41 -0500, James A. Coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 and am trying to connect to my Cox ISP via a an > Ethernet nic and cable modem. > > I have DHCP for the nic enabled in /etc/rc.conf and can obtain an IP address > from my Windows 98 gateway, but when I connect the nic to the cable modem > and reboot I do not get a response from the cox DHCP server. Cox.net is different from many other ISPs in that it only allows connections based upon registered MAC addresses. If you're not familiar with them, MAC addresses are globally unique identifiers assigned to each and every NIC. I believe the Cox.net setup CD that you speak of registers the MAC address with Cox for you. Of course, the NIC in your FreeBSD box has a different MAC address than the one in your Win98 box so Cox is saying "hey, this is not the computer that's allowed to be connecting to our service!" To resolve this problem, either call up their tech support and ask them to add your FreeBSD NIC's MAC address to your allowed list or see if you can do it yourself by going to cox's account administration webpage. If you don't know the MAC address of your FreeBSD NIC, you can view it by running 'dmesg' and looking at the line where the system loads your NIC. It'll be listed there. --roop ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
