Quoting Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Uh ok this is a braindead reply but did you try turning off > the modem for a few minutes. I had a hard time getting my new > machine to work with cable, it suddenly worked on the third > network card (a 3c905b). -chris >
yep ... thats what i meant by power cycling the modem, b > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > hey > > > > i have been trying to get 2.2 (i386) working with > > rogers @home cable modem service. the problem that i > > keep encountering is that i can only get on-line when i > > am using a NIC that has been used with the cable modem > > in windows. if the card is used elsewhere or the cable > > modem is used with another card then i get the > > following results: > > > > -eth0 configured correctly with all the static info > > i > > put in correct (ip, gateway, netmask etc.) and > > > > correct driver > > -when i try to ping an ip (my gateway or any other > > active ip) i can see the send and receive lights on > > the cable modem active, but i get 100% packet lose > > > > my assumption under this situation is that the ping > > gets out and back in to the modem (hense the send > > AND receive lights) but doesn't actually make it to > > my machine. > > > > i have tried this set up with 3 separate computers > > and 5 different NICs (SMC, dlink, 3c900b, 2 > > sohoware) but all have the same results. > > > > i have tried to "power cycle" the modem but that did > > not work as well. > > >
