From a18a93f3f5e35a302d0e2ac0b07e022821c1c8f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gferg <>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:14:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated
---
LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 170 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
index 555d7077..360dc858 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Cable-Modem.sgml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
- v4.23
- July 10, 2000
+ v4.24
+ August 23, 2000
vv
- Addition of Liwest
+ A lot of additions and updates
@@ -199,6 +199,25 @@ other necessary configuration. DHCP mini-HOWTO can be found at
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html">http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html.
+
+Most of Mediaone/RoadRunner tracks you're MAC (ethernet) address,
+and won't allow any other MAC address to use the CableModem.
+
+
+
+To get around this you could either call Mediaone and ask them to change
+you're MAC address to you're current one. They do allow you to have
+multiple allowed MAC addresses, but they might not allow more than two.
+Other approach is to tell your ethernet card what MAC address to use. Most
+cards will allow it. So first make sure you write down the MAC address of the
+card you used when Mediaone technicians showed up and they type something like
+this:
+
+
+
+ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:23:56:74:25:12
+
+
Information about MediaOne Service can be found at
http://www.mediaone.com.
@@ -1637,7 +1656,7 @@ More information can be obtained from
-TVD, Belgium
+Chello Belgium, formerly TVD, Belgium
This information is provided by Pierre-Yves Keldermans
pykeldermans@usa.net:
@@ -1672,7 +1691,7 @@ FROM internet, small speed TO internet.
-No so cheap : for small office use, same as 1) but not limited to 1
+Not so cheap : for small office use, same as 1) but not limited to 1
user and more speed TO internet.
@@ -1688,7 +1707,7 @@ bandwidth TO internet following price.
Speed :
-From TVD's mirror site : up to 250Kbytes/sec, very nice ( and YES, they
+From TVD's mirror site : up to 30Kbytes/sec, very nice ( and YES, they
have some Linux mirrors like redhat ... :-) )
@@ -1699,10 +1718,33 @@ overloaded.
-For more info : http://www.tvd.be and
-http://www.tvd.net.
+For more info : http://www.chello.be and
+http://www.upcbelgium.be/.
+
+
+Note from another user:
+
+
+
+TVD gives you an IP via DHCP and when it is activated they log the
+MAC-Address. So if you want to connect to the internet via another
+computer with another ethernetcard it won't work. You have to change your
+MAC-Address to the 1 that can connect.
+I just put somewhere in a startupscript :
+
+
+
+ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:23:56:74:25:12
+
+
+
+This was not all, TVD gives some problems with pump in RedHat 6.2 but with
+DHCPcd 1.3 it works like a charm. (that dhcpcd is on the install cd in
+Redhat/rpms)
+
+
@@ -2630,6 +2672,28 @@ SwissOnLine do not support Linux directly, but they are aware of its
existance!
+Notes from Thomas Holenstein thomas@hex.ch
+
+
+
+I had problems installing my cable modem as well under Linux and under
+Win98, because the DHCP server of swiss online did not to respond.
+If you encounter similar problems, you may want call the hotline (0848
+852 800). Hold the MAC number of your modem ready if you call, you
+can find it at the bottom of the modem. If you are only using linux,
+it might prove difficult to convince the hotline people you did things
+right. It was difficult with windows already. Be sure you get a
+number for your problem (Bearbeitungsnummer).
+
+
+
+If you want to analyze the problems you may install a network sniffer:
+ethereal is available for
+linux and for windows. In my case, I saw that I was sending bootp
+packages to swissonline but did not receive bootp packages from them.
+However, I could get other packets.
+
+
@@ -2679,6 +2743,47 @@ Please contact Bernd if you have additional questions. He has kindly
agreed to provide assistance to any current or new Linux user.
+
+
+
+
+Blueyonder from Telewest, United Kingdom
+
+Information provide by Mike Watson mike@prog99.com:
+
+
+
+Plugged in the ethernet card, booted up and turned on
+DHCP.
+
+
+
+Worked first time!! Nameservers were added to resolve.conf so I had to
+do very little other than follow the home networking howto to get the
+IP masquerading working.
+
+
+
+They also dont mind people running masq'd connections or linux but
+will only support a win9x setup. But when it was this easy....
+
+
+
+
+
+CableNet, Colombia
+
+Information provide by Marco Muskus muskus@superpuertos.homeip.net:
+
+
+
+CableNet uses CyberSurf from Motorola, and a 3Com 905 10Base-T
+Ethernet NIC. Set up is mostly done using
+DHCP
+but some people also receive static IPs.
+
+
@@ -3391,6 +3496,63 @@ url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html">http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightl
+
+
+Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC), South Carolina
+
+
+This information is provided by Ryan T Rhea rhear@ruby.winthrop.edu:
+
+
+
+Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC) offer hybid
+cable modem access through a partnership with the Info Avenue ISP. The
+cable modem is built by Hybrid, and offers high bandwidth downstream
+over the cable line (I've seen 900+ kpbs), and upstream over the builtin
+modem (around 33.6 kbps). The cable modem connects to an ethernet
+10baseT card and a regular phone line. The cable modem acts as a router
+from your machine to the internet.
+
+
+
+RHTC and FMTC 's tech support is performed by Info Avenue, and they
+offer no support for Linux whatsover. They were unable to provide any
+help or documentation regarding Linux and cable modems. Luckily, I was
+aware through my initial Win NT setup (as I looked over the tech's
+shoulder) that DHCP
+was used to assign IP addresses and
+DNS information. What I had to learn the hard way was that the cable
+modem apparently relies on the MAC address of the NIC that it is
+originally installed on. In otherwords, when I went to move the cable
+modem from my NT machine (which was using a proxy server and a second
+NIC to share internet access) to my new Linux firewall, I had to move
+the NIC into the new Linux computer. Without the same NIC, the network
+link light on the back of the cable modem will never come on, and the
+modem will not communicate with your computer at all. I assume if you
+bought a new computer with a new NIC, you could call RHTC or FMTC and
+ask them to update your MAC, however, they would probably not know what
+you were talking about, and want to send a technician. When the
+technician gets there, expect "we do not support Linux" to be the first
+words out of his mouth.
+
+
+
+Anyway, after installing the original NIC (which probably won't be a
+problem for most of you, because you only have 1 NIC in your computer -
+which the tech setup under Windows), all I had to do was configure
+DHCP. Considering my NIC was already working under Linux, my Mandrake
+Linux distribution made this especially easy. I just type 'netconf',
+then choose 'Basic Host Information', then enable DHCP for the NIC in
+question (in my case 'Adapter 1'). The program should restart the
+device for you, if not, you may need to reboot, or manually restart the
+device with ifconfig.
+
+
+
+If you have trouble with DHCP you could check out
+DHCP mini-HOWTO.
+
+