Re: Need help with new cable modem

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- 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?
> 
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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 
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