broadband connectivity advice

[Scott Berry]

With Bresnan which is what I do here I had to call the tech support to
get some direction and they tried their best which wasn't too bad they
just pointed me to the dhcp stuff and I read docs.
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004,
igueths at comcast.net wrote:

> I really have no idea why they put system requirements on their pages
> anyway, anything with a nic can be assigned an ip by their dhcp server.
> Reason its probably there is bc they are telling you what they support. One
> thing I should warn you about though...If you have to call the cable
> provider to report that you know is on your end, and the problem is
> isolated to your particular outside wiring, they generally won't help you
> unless you tell them you're running windblows...I know it sounds stupid,
> but if they ask you "Did you restart the computer, and power-cycle the
> cable modem? And if you tell them "I don't have to reboot, I'm running
> Linux!" They generally won't help you and that's pretty much end of call. I
> read on newsforge about some guy who had that same type of problem with
> timewarner.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:32:26 -0500
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: broadband connectivity advice
>
>
> I'll try to answer your questions as best as possible. I have been
> using a cable modem for several years. the equipment used is the
> surfboard (made by motorola?) which works fine with just about
> anything you hook up to it.
> You asked about what the installer does. basically he sets up your
> cable modem's internal settings and notes it's mac address. he may
> also assing you an ip address depending on your setup. all that is
> needed on your end is to set your machine to dhcp and hook a network
> cable from your computer to the cable modem's ethernet interface.
>
> Also you asked about installing client software. all you need is the
> basic linux tcp/ip stuff and the drivers for your network card. Your
> connection looks to linux like you're hooked into a standard lan.
>
> Once again this depends on your provider. I havent seen any companies
> that require special software but they may exist. also most isp's
> system requirements can be disreguarded. I.E. in my isp's faq they say
> you need at least a pentium 233 with 128mb ram. I have successfully
> used their survice with a pentium 120 with 16mb of ram and could go
> much lower. hell, if i had a vax with an ethernet controler it'd
> probably work.
>
> On
> Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 06:44:20PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
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> > Hi gang,
> >
> > When we moved in mid November I abandoned my second phone line
> > and my dialup ISP in favor of DSL with Verizon. It worked like a
> > charm for me, and I would keep it if I could, but I have become
> > embroiled with a huge fight with Verizon over issues too complex
> > to discuss here. The bottom line is that I am switching phone
> > services and thus am losing my DSL connection too. My new phone
> > service does not offer DSL in this area.
> >
> > I am going to give cable modem a whirl and on Wednesday an
> > installer is coming to get me started. I have a couple of
> > questions which I hope someone on the list can answer or point me
> > to somewhere to find answers.
> >
> > 1. What part of the setup must be done by my provider, and what
> > part by me? My provider advertises that they only support Windows
> > and Mac OS, but that's what Verizon said too.
> >
> > 2. With DSL, I used the Roaring Penguin PPP-O-E scripts and
> > configuring, starting, and stopping my connection was a snap. Is
> > there any analogous tool for handling cable modem DHCP
> > connections?
> >
> > 3. I found lots of stuff to read about DSL, but precious little
> > about cable modem in Linux. Anyone know something useful I can
> > sink my teeth into?
> >
> > My system is a Slackware 9.1 distro with lots of bells and
> > whistles. But I have tasted a high speed connection and can
> > hardly bear to use a 56K dialup ISP again.
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
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Scott Berry
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