Re: Cox cable modem and debian
Hmm... I can't say this is true for Cox, but it is true for
Adelphia. I'm wondering if what they are calling an Identity
setting is the MAC address of the NIC? If so, the problem is
that the MAC address you give the cable company is the only one
that will be able to obtain an IP address using pump.
You can obtain your MAC address with ifconfig, the MAC address
is the HWaddr and should be in the format of
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Call them and tell them to set your Identity to this
address.
If you need to hook more than one computer up, either buy a
router or set up a box with two nics using NAT.
Kent
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:42:29PM -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
>
>
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>
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