Re: Cox cable modem and debian
On 16 Aug 2001 12:42:29 -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
>
> Greetz,
>
> I have been running myself through the ringer trying to get debian to log
> onto my new Cox Communications cable modem using @home. I was given a new nic
> (Dlink dfe-550tx) that wasn't supported by linux. I found a site and pulled
> down source and attempted to build it for use on my 2.2.17 kernel (didn't
> happen) then finally pulled down kernel 2.4.7, where it is supported. I can
> boot up 2.4.7 and it sees both my nics (realtek and Dlink) and run pump but
> it fails every time.
>
> At this point, I removed my lan from my realtek and started attempting to get
> pump to use that card (cat5 connection). It still failed.
>
> I purged then re-installed pump and tried again using 2.2.17 kernel.
>
> Finally, I rounded up an old win95 laptop. I had a TRENDnet pcmcia dual-nic
> and loaded up windoz drivers for this. What a pain! Anyway, after dozens of
> reboots and locating my very old win95 cdrom, was able to get the nic working
> in this computer. Finally I loaded up some of the software Cox@home gives
> you. It tried and died and would not get online with the cable modem. Huh. . .
>
> A call to local cable buddy. We ponder the windoz network settings. Should
> work. Using Winipcfg, I released all, then renewed all - fails. . . Finally
> he asks, what's my Identity setting? I looked at my booklet and told him what
> it said. He informs me that isn't right, it has to have at least this many
> digits (forgot what number). I look at my reciept and there is a CX number.
> Is this required? Yes(!) he reports.
>
> I set the new identity tab, boot a few more times and it still fails. Then he
> asks again what number I was given and then reports, that it is not correct!
> . . . Okay, he gets on the telephone and comes back in a minute and says I
> had the wrong number and we type in the new number, boot. Bingo, I am now
> online with the cable modem with a DHCP'd ip address.
>
> So, now I KNOW the cable modem works. I can smirf as fast as the old lap top
> can go.
>
> Back to my nics. I rename my computers HOSTNAME to the number and re-run
> pump.. It fails. Next I issue the pump command using the -h hostname and -i
> interface, and it still fails.
>
> This is where I am. Sorry about the long post, but wanted to include the
> background of where I've been.
>
> Also note, I have read the cablemodem-howto at linuxdoc.org and not just the
> @home entries, but all of them... I'm stumped.
>
> Any help would be very greatly appreciated.
>
> thank you
Have you tried echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr and rerunning pump?
--mike
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