From 275614495d3f7e339ec12ffba455f58b04ecf0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gferg <>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:31:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated
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LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 139 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
index 0ba27de7..135a16e4 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
- v4.15
- April 24, 2000
+ v4.17
+ May 16, 2000
vv
- Many changes
+ Additions to @home and new provider in Bombay, India
@@ -380,6 +380,28 @@ mini-HOWTO for cable modems and Cox@Home at
http://www.kernel-panic.com/user_files/cox.at.home.html
+
+
+Update from James Stormes jstormes@gtfcu.com
+
+
+
+@Home has been upgrading the cable modem system in Bedford Texas (the area
+around Dallas Texas). I have found that with the new system your NIC's MAC
+address must match what the cable system has. That is the Linux system you
+plug into the cable modem must use the same MAC that is programmed into the
+board you got from @Home. I use two diffrent computers on the cable modem
+(Linux and Windows) so this was a problem.
+
+
+
+For some NIC drivers you can specify the MAC. For example in
+n REDHAT 6.1 in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 you can add
+the line MACADDR="0F4F3E54A659". Where eth0 is the NIC card attached to the
+cable modem and the 0F4F3E54A659 is the MAC that the cable modem system is
+expecting.
+
+
@@ -418,10 +440,36 @@ dynamic to everyone else. Don't ask me why.
+
+Notes from Richmond, VA and its surroundings by Robert Marshall no_robmars_spam@yahoo.com
+
+
+In Chesterfield County, Virginia (a suburb of Richmond), @Home offers cable
+modem service through the local cable provider, Comcast. The service runs very
+well with Linux. As with many @Home locations, IP addresses are assigned via
+dhcp, and they require that all dhcp request packets contain the user's
+@Home-assigned hostname. The dhcpcd package works well for this, using the -h
+parameter. Personal best download - 16Mbytes in 54 seconds.
+
+
+
+In Henrico County, Hanover County, and the city of Richmond, Virginia, MediaOne
+is offerring their Road Runner service. IP addresses are assigned using dhcp,
+but are exclusively reserved by MAC address. This requires that the user call
+MediaOne support if the MAC address attached to the cable modem ever changes.
+The MediaOne people refused to re-register my friend's new MAC address when he
+told them that he had purchased a personal firewall from NetGear. They even
+tried to insist that he purchase commercial service, even though he was only
+going to have one PC connected to the service. Thus, I strongly agree with your
+wording in the HOWTO that MediaOne customers carefully avoid mentioning the
+words "router", "firewall", or "Linux".
+
+
+
+
Information about @Home Service can be found at
-http://www.home.com/
-.
+http://www.home.com/.
@@ -2065,8 +2113,93 @@ mailing me direct (but I don't promise to be able to respond).
+
+
+Virtua, São Paulo, Brazil
+
+
+This information is provided by Thiago Macieira thiagom@mail.com:
+
+
+
+IP is assigned dynamically via DHCP. Just run dhcpcd or pump to get
+the IP and you're done. For more detailed instructions on how to get DHCP running
+read the
+DHCP mini-HOWTO.
+
+
+
+Notes: operator blocks incoming connections to ports below 1024
+
+
+
+
+
+Hathway, Bombay, India
+
+
+This information is provided by Rishi Gangoly rishi@w-o-i.com:
+
+
+
+The tech support guys at Hathway were not Linux Savvy at all, but I must say
+were quite helpful. They even referred me to another customer who got Linux to
+work with it. However, that person was only able to get it to work on Linux as a
+stand-alone workstation and not as a gateway (as a router) for his entire
+network.
+
+
+
+Since I was not even able to get it to work as a stand-alone workstation I knew
+I had a long way to go. The Windows 98 Workstation configuration was a Celeron
+Workstation and it had a
+10/100 D-Link Lan Card Chipset RTL 8139 . The IP address was manually entered,
+so I knew that there was no DHCP Client required etc.
+
+
+
+Even the DNS and Gateway address was manually entered.
+
+
+
+I was able to do a ping without any problem in Windows to any site and things
+were just happening. However, I had no luck with it in Linux. I installed Linux
+on the same machine (Dual Boot) to make sure there was any Hardware
+compatibility problems.
+
+
+
+I even got the workstation to hook up on the LAN successfully in Linux. So I
+knew that the Lan Card was working.
+
+
+
+I noticed that when I connected the Cable Modem to the LAN card I was not able
+to see any of the Link LED light up on the LAN Card. So I figured that could be
+part of the problem. I booted the PC in DOS and ran the DIAG DOS based utility
+to check the configuration of the Card. I just decided to take a chance and
+re-configured the LAN Card. I configured it to operate in 10 MBPS Half Duplex
+Mode instead of Auto Sense.
+
+
+
+.......... Guess what..... The problem got solved ;-)
+
+
+
+Even the lights (LED Link indicators) started to work, so all was good. ;-)
+At the end of everything it all worked out. I plugged that lan card into the
+linux server (since I knew it worked) and got it to work as a router / gateway
+too. I still wonder why the other customer was not able to get the Linux Box to work
+as a gateway for the rest of his network. That was no big deal at all. It just
+worked. The Cable Modem that was used (provided by Hathway) was a SurfBoard 3100
+
+
+
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+
+
+
Hybrid Cable modem ISPs