Re: [Sheflug] Cable internet access: BlueYonder

["Perry Ismangil" <nospam [at] acm.org>]

On 27 Jan 2001, at 18:15, Matt Fairtlough wrote:

> I have now had a modem installed and it works fine under windoze...

Glad to hear that... it seems Telewest Yorkshire got its act 
together, being the last franchise to roll-out cable modems 
probably helps!

> Um, installing the card was a cinch.  The modem is plugged in and definitely
> working  but I've got a bit stuck over linuxconf.  It seems that you have to
> specify an IP address for the ethernet card itself, and I don't know how to

I am assuming here you use RedHat and only have one ethernet 
card installed.

You don't have to specifiy any addresses, that's the point of DHCP. 
Just like Windows TCP/IP configuration, you leave all the field 
blanks.

> do this.  Now I did initially find that during the bootup procedure I was
> prompted to configure the card but at that point the network was not working

Good, this means Linux recognises your ethernet card just fine.

> so it was not able to get an IP from the server using DHCP (IP for what
> exactly?  if it is configured for DHCP why do I need to specify an IP address

I agree, the dialog box may be a bit confusing. If you do check the 
DHCP option, just ignore all the IP address fields.

> for the card by hand under linuxconf?) and now I no longer get the chance to
> configure it at bootup.  I suppose I could switch the modem off and try again
> but if it ain't broken [and it works with windoze boo I hear]...

You're right, switching the modem on and off won't work, you still 
won't be offered the chance to do a bootup configuration. One 
crude way of forcing it to a bootup configuration is you took out the 
card, boot Linux without it, shut it down, plug the card in again, 
then the bootup conf will show up again.

For now, just go to linuxconf, under the Config -> Networking -> 
Client task -> Basic Host Information -> Adaptor -> Adaptor 1 
under Config mode check DHCP, and ignore other fields.

Quit linuxconf (applying changes etc), and do a 

# /etc/rc.inetd/init.d/network restart

Does this work?

[Or you can re-boot it if you want, Windows-style configuration!]


Regards,

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Perry Ismangil
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