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>The Cable Modem HOWTO</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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TITLE="Introduction"
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CLASS="TITLE"
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NAME="AEN2"
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>The Cable Modem HOWTO</H1
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CLASS="AUTHOR"
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Howard Shane</A
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HREF="mailto:hshane[AT]austin.rr.com"
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>hshane[AT]austin.rr.com</A
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>Revision History</B
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><TR
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>Revision 0.9</TD
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>2004-07-30</TD
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>Revised by: jhs</TD
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>Completed draft.</TD
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NAME="AEN16"
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> This document was written to assist the Linux user in configuring a cable modem
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for internet access using a cable network. </P
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Copyright Information</A
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>1.2. <A
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>Disclaimer</A
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS"
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>New Versions</A
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>1.4. <A
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HREF="intro.html#CREDITS"
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>Credits</A
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>1.5. <A
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HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK"
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>Feedback</A
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>1.6. <A
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HREF="intro.html#CONVENTIONS"
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>Conventions Used in this Document</A
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>2. <A
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>Prerequisites</A
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>2.1. <A
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>Networking and Ethernet Support</A
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><DT
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="prerequisites.html#NIC"
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>Ethernet Support</A
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>2.3. <A
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HREF="prerequisites.html#USBCONFIG"
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>USB Interface Support</A
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>2.4. <A
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HREF="prerequisites.html#MODEM"
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>The Modem Device</A
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><DT
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>2.5. <A
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HREF="prerequisites.html#DHCP"
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>The DHCP Client</A
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>3. <A
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>Configuration</A
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="configuration.html#ETH"
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>Ready to Start With an Ethernet-Modem connection</A
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="configuration.html#DEVICE-IFACE"
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>Grabbing A Specific Interface</A
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>3.3. <A
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HREF="configuration.html#USB"
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>Using the USB interface instead of an Ethernet card</A
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>4. <A
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>Notes on Specific Hardware</A
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#AMBIT"
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>Ambit Modems</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#BROADCOM"
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>Broadcom Cable Modems</A
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><DT
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>4.3. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#ERICSON"
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>Ericson PipeRider Modems</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.4. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#MOTOROLA"
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>Motorola SurfBoard Modems</A
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><DT
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>4.5. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#RCA"
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>RCA (Tompson) Modems</A
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>4.6. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#TERAYON"
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>Terayon Modems</A
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>4.7. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#TOSHIBA"
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>Toshiba PCX-XXXX Cable Modems</A
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>4.8. <A
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>Webstar Modems</A
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>Troubleshooting</A
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>A. <A
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>Gnu Free Documentation License</A
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