Re: Adelphia Powerlink and Debian

[Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@creighton.edu>]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Greetings Group,
> 
> I am getting my cable modem installed tomorrow finally, and it is a
> Adephia Cable Two-Way External Cable Modem.  Anyone have any
> experience getting this one (or cable modems in general) working with
> Debian?  I looked thru the Cable-Modem-Mini_HOWTO but the only
> information in there is regarding one way cable , which used the
> Surfboard 1000 Internel Cable Modem, the new ones are external and
> fully two way, no phone line needed.  Any information would be most
> appreciated, since Adelphia only supports WinBlows.

Here's some:

 * You need to install one of the available DHCP clients - I like to use
   ISC's dhclient (that's the package dhcp-client in potato)
 * You _do_ need to configure the dhcp client!  That's why I recommend
   dhclient - dhcpcd doesn't have the configuration options you need (like
   sending a specific hostname to the DHCP server - it's how they control
   whether or not you can get on.  Don't ask me why).  That's what cable
   modem providers where I am do.
 * Try to have a Windows machine around - many times a tech needs to come
   to configure your computer, and could easily refuse to do anything for
   you if you don't have Windows.

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Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch@creighton.edu

"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
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