diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml index 5f5b145b..b130b002 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ - v4.20 - June 29, 2000 + v4.21 + July 6, 2000 vv - Addition to 21st Century Cable + Addition of SwissOnLine @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ care of... Notes from Santa Barbara, California by Tim Newsome -<email>nuisance@cmu.edu</email> +<email>nuisance@DELETE_BEFORE_SENDINGcmu.edu</email> My provider (Cox@Home, in Santa Barbara, CA) does the same thing as @@ -2575,6 +2575,61 @@ MAILTO="" + + + + +SwissOnLine HiSpeed Internet, Switzerland + + +This information is provided by Nick Barnes nick@debau.ch: + + + +This assumes that you have registered (either on-line or via snail +mail) with SwissOnLine and you have received your cable modem, have +plugged it in and ensured that it boots correctly as per the +installation instructions. + + + +At the time of speaking, SwissOnLine HiSpeed provide COM-21 modems +(http://www.com21.com) complete with two different kinds of Antanae +leads and an antenna splitter. + + + +You will require a standard 10BaseT ethernet cable to plug the modem +into either a network card installed in a PC or the uplink port of a +10BaseT hub. To plug the modem into a normal hub port, you will +require a crossover cable. + + + +All information is provided to the host via DHCP, with no special +parameters needed in the call. The modem is not locked down by MAC +address. + + + +Providing it is not rebooted, the modem appears to grant the same IP +address to the host. While this is not guaranteed with anything other +than the static IP address option on the business account, I have not +seen my address change in the time I have had the modem. + + + +Be wary of any device on your local ethernet which makes DHCP +requests. The modem is not fussy which devices it allocates addresses +to and it appears to offer the same IP address to _any_ machine which +makes a DHCP request. + + + +SwissOnLine do not support Linux directly, but they are aware of its +existance! + + diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml index 5bd89eb4..5d0fd140 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ and conform to your site coding standards. Applies to all operating sytems. , Cable Modem Providers HOWTO -Updated: June 2000. +Updated: July 2000. Answers basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem or cable Internet provider.