broadband connectivity advice

[Scott Berry]

I have the linux howto for dsl here but I found out this morning it is a
pain to send them so I would go to the Linux Documentation Project and
grab their 15mb download of all howtos so you have them in case you ever
need to refer to them again.On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Sean McMahon wrote:

> Where should I look for info on setting up dsl with linux?  On the setup kit
> that came with my modem it says to instert the instalation cd and tell it
> your setting up a second computer which doesn't help much.  The
> configuration I have for my isp uses PPPOA with a dinamic ip and it does
> have router capability.
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> From: "Jacob Schmude" <jschmude at adelphia.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: broadband connectivity advice
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> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:44:20 -0500 (EST), Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> > >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.
> > You hook the cable modem up in to your computer and your TV cable line,
> and your computer connects through it. However, activation is done on the
> > provider's end and you can't use it until they activate you, in the case
> of adelphia (my provider) they activate you based on the mac address of your
> cable
> > modem so even if you move you're still activated as long as you stay in
> the area where they provide service.
> > >>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?
> > No, you don't need it. The cable modem will appear as a standard ethernet
> device if you plug it in via USB, and if you plug it in via ethernet, you
> just use it
> > through your NIC. Either way, only thing you need is standard network
> tools such as dhcpcd and ifconfig. In general, you don't "stop" a cable
> connection,
> > it's always on.
> > NOTE on USB connectivity: Linux supports cable modems based on the CDC
> standard, which most are. If yours is not, you may have to connect via
> > ethernet. This means, that if you already use your ethernet card for home
> networking, you're gonna need another NIC. If your modem isn't detected by
> the
> > hotplug subsystem, it may still be supported. Try loading the CDCEther
> module in 2.4 kernels, or the usbnet module in 2.6 kernels. The cable modem
> I use is
> > a motorola surfboard sb-5100, which works fine with USB, though it isn't
> acknowledged as being supported in the driver, the only slight quirk being
> that after
> > fedora's kudzu tool got done with it, it needed to be unplugged and
> reset--turning on safe probing in kudzu fixed that. Same applies if
> switching from a 2.4 to
> > a 2.6 kernel, cable modem needs a reset.
> > >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?
> > There used to be a cable-modem howto at the LDP, I think it's still there.
> It's a bit dated (for instance it doesn't acknowledge that linux can use
> most USB
> > cable modems), but it may still be useful. In general there's precious
> little to read because all standard networking configuration applies, so
> there's really
> > nothing special that needs to be done in most cases. If it works with mac
> os x then it's a 99% chance that it works with linux as well, I've found
> this to be the
> > general rule for services and devices alike.
> > >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.
> > Yeah, I know what ya mean.
> >
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Scott Berry
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