A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Greetings Group, > > I am getting my cable modem installed tomorrow finally, and it is a > Adephia Cable Two-Way External Cable Modem. Anyone have any > experience getting this one (or cable modems in general) working with > Debian? I looked thru the Cable-Modem-Mini_HOWTO but the only > information in there is regarding one way cable , which used the > Surfboard 1000 Internel Cable Modem, the new ones are external and > fully two way, no phone line needed. Any information would be most > appreciated, since Adelphia only supports WinBlows.
Here's some: * You need to install one of the available DHCP clients - I like to use ISC's dhclient (that's the package dhcp-client in potato) * You _do_ need to configure the dhcp client! That's why I recommend dhclient - dhcpcd doesn't have the configuration options you need (like sending a specific hostname to the DHCP server - it's how they control whether or not you can get on. Don't ask me why). That's what cable modem providers where I am do. * Try to have a Windows machine around - many times a tech needs to come to configure your computer, and could easily refuse to do anything for you if you don't have Windows. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
