From 1805e31437a20268efbfb3808570f05e8f7a46b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gferg <> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:42:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---- LDP/howto/docbook/DHCP.sgml | 25 +++- 2 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml index 16d9c204..c0f26b63 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ - v4.25 - September 2, 2000 + v4.26 + October 20, 2000 vv A lot of additions and updates @@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ if [ -n "$PUMP" ]; then Where hostname is the computer name (cc123456-a - or whatever yours may be.) - - @@ -597,14 +595,6 @@ Ethernet card. This card may be detected with the isapnp tools or jumpered. The info is on Farallon's website for this card. It is NE2000 compatible. - -@HOME also supplies a PCI version, a PCMCIA card or a 10/100 USB card. I -have no information on these card, yet :-) A static IP is given, or you -may connect with a DHCP client. I am using the static address -and experienced no problem. The whole setup took less than 1 hr including -basic IP_MASQ/firewalling. - - @@ -1799,7 +1789,7 @@ Redhat/rpms) Telenet Vlaanderen, Belgium This information provided by Karel Goderis -karel.goderis@pandora.be: +karel.goderis@pandora.be and Kris Carlier kris@iguana.be: @@ -1831,24 +1821,54 @@ ports on Linux works fine. -Pricing: one-off installation : BF 10000 (+-$ 250) + BF 3000 ($75) -deposit for the cable modem (+$25 for Ethernet NIC if not present in pc) -monthly rental : BF 1500 ($40) +Pricing: Installation is 8000,- BFr (~200US$), warranty of 2000,- BFr for the +cablemodem (50$). They ask 50$ for a NIC if you don't have any, which is +of course a ripoff, as you get them almost for free if you buy a hamburger +these days. Monthly fee still is 1500,- BFr (37,5$) + + + +Optional: Telenet Internet + : here, you can install a HUB (which they'll +sell you for 50$ if you don't have any). This way you can hook up up to 4 +PC's to your connection. Higher installation price and about 1000,- BFr per +PC per month extra. + + + +Telenet XL: standard, you can download up to 10 GB per month, 20% of that +may be upload traffic. The XL costs 3500,- per month (88$), and you get +15 GB download. 2000,- BFr (50$) per extra 5 GB. Services: redhat.com netscape.com mirrors, quake I and II servers, -proxy, mail relay and pop account (4 aliases) and the other usual stuff +proxy (5 NetCAcHe proxies proxy[1-5].pandora.be:8080), +mail relay and pop account with 10 MB mailbox (5 aliases) and the other usual stuff you need to survive on the net. Caveats: Telenet states that you can download 300Mbytes/month, but this rule is not enforced unless there is a obvious abuse -(i.e. you download 300Mbytes/*day* ;-) ). This limit is applied on their -network boundary, not on what you transmit on the internal network, -so it does not take into account what you download of the mirrors. - +(i.e. you download 300Mbytes/*day* ;-) ). + + + +Till 2 weeks ago, the limits were only for external traffic. As they have +mirrors of all kinds of things (tucows, freebsd, freethemes, +allmacintosh, suse,...), and a proxy, the 2 GB per +week they had before, counted only for external traffic, was OK. Now +EVERYTHING is counted, including DHCP-traffic (30' leases), ARP, IGMP +(they are experimenting with it so every 2' you get some traffic from +them...) + + + +Blocked outgoing ports: apart from what Karel specified, 25 is also +blocked, you have to use their mailserver. From time to time this beast +seams to be pretty overloaded. + + @@ -2022,6 +2042,27 @@ If you are not using RedHat check out the on instructions how you can get your computer to connect to Chello network. +Notes from Henkjan Huisman henkjan@m14-017.azn.nl + + +Got my RH6.1 box on the net by installing dhcp3.0 ( +ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-3.0b2pl6.tar.gz), +and produce an EMPTY /etc/dhclient.conf. Change /sbin/ifup where it +says: + + + + + if /sbin/pump $PUMPARGS -i $DEVICE ; then + + + +to: + + + if /sbin/dhclient $DEVICE ; then + + Info about Chello can be found at http://www.chello.nl/ @@ -3026,6 +3067,101 @@ More info at http://www.brutele.be/. + + + +Optus @Home, Australia + +Information provided by Simon Butcher pickle@alien.net.au: + + + +For Optus @Home here in Australia (Competitor to Telstra Bigpond) - +Originally they used to be running some sort of really weird DHCP server, +so a mate of mine hacked a DHCP client and got it running, but recently +they've fixed their problems and ordinary dhcpcd will run fine off the +shelf. The trick is that Optus use your "Client ID" for authentication. +Your client id is also your hostname, and if you're already running +windows, your computer name. If your computer name is CO3012345-A then +that's your hostname, and therefore your client id. + + + +You feed dhcpcd this information and everything should run perfectly +dhcpcd -H CO3012345-A eth1. + + + +A word of warning though, Optus are very strict on running servers on +their network, so before you connect linux up to Optus @Home, firewall +your computer or disable running daemons. + + + + + + +Destiny Cable, Philippines + +Information provided by Juan Paolo L. Carballo jplcarballo@mydestiny.net: + + + +It used to be just for our capital Manila, but has lately +expanded to the province of Cebu as well. There are only three of us +Destiny Cable subscribers in our local LUG and so far, no one yet in the province. +Destiny Cable is not the first to offer cable internet services but +is the cheapest, considering that they give a free cable TV feed in addition +to unlimited Internet access. Unlike other cable internet providers, they have Linux +as an OS option to choose when you fill up their application form. + + + +There have two subscription options: + + + + +1. Residential +Modem: Motorola Cybersurfer Wave +NIC: Any +Connection: Dynamic IP +* Free cable tv feed upon subscription. +* Free first 200 feet of cable from service point to your PC. +* Option to rent, lease-to-own or buy the cable modem. +* Minimum of one year subscription contract. + + + +2. Corporate +Modem: No information but definitely not Motorola Cybersurfer +NIC: Any +Connection: Static IP + + + + +Destiny requires you to buy and install your own NIC/Lan card +*before* they will setup your service line. +In my case, I bought a Linksys etherfast 10/100 LNE100TX ver. 2.0 PnP +card and installed it in my Mandrake 7.1 (helium) box using the +tulip.c driver, version 0.91g. The NIC was recognized +as: Lite-On PNIC-II rev 37 at 0x6200, IRQ 10. When the linemen arrive, +they will bring with them only the cable modem, aside from the cable line to your pc. +The coaxial cable plugs into the modem from the data splitter on the +main line, which it shares with the cable TV. +A 10BaseT Ethernet cable with RJ-45 jacks is included with the cable +modem. One end plugs into the cable modem and the other end into the +ethernet card. Finally, there are six LEDS, one each for POWER, CABLE, PC, TEST, RD +and TD. Once the power cycle has been completed, the POWER, CABLE and PC +LEDS should be on and not blinking. The TEST LED may light up for a few +seconds but this should pass. When a connection is stable, the TEST LED is +OFF and the RD "Receive" LED will blink every once in a while. The TD +"Transmit" LED will of course light up when you send data. + + + + diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/DHCP.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/DHCP.sgml index 5fe52608..d92780cf 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/DHCP.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/DHCP.sgml @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ - v4.10 - July 3, 2000 + v4.12 + October 22, 2000 vv @@ -360,6 +360,27 @@ if [ -n "$PUMP" ]; then else ... + +Another more elegant way to add hostname field is provided by Aad van der Klaauw: + + +Currently i'm configuring a gateway system at home, needed to set the +MAC address and use the '-h hostname' workaround. So I decided to +*not* change the script but to use the configure file. +In my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 I have added the following + + + +DEVICE="eth0" +MACADDR="00:11:22:33:44:55" +DHCP_HOSTNAME="trigger_for_terayon" + + + +Which will survive upgrades, and is imho a "cleaner" way. + + + That is it. Reboot your machine or type /sbin/ifup eth0 on the command line.