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-Cable Modem Providers HOWTO
-!!!Cable Modem Providers HOWTO
-!Vladimir Vuksan
-
- vuksan@veus.hr
-
-
-
-__Revision History__Revision v4.30June 13, 2001Revised by: vvMany different updates.
-
-
-
-
-
- This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to
-connect your Linux box to cable modem or cable Internet
-provider.
-
-
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-
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-
-----; __Table of Contents__; 1. Introduction: ; 1.1. New Versions of this Document; 1.2. Feedback; 1.3. Contributors; 1.4. Standard Disclaimer; 1.5. Copyright Information; 2. Setting up your Ethernet Card; 3. Regular Cable Modem ISPs: ; 3.1. ATT (formerly !MediaOne); 3.2. @Home: ; 3.2.1. Notes from Hampton Roads VA, Phoenix AZ, Arlington TX and
-Champaign/Urbana IL; 3.2.2. Notes for Baltimore, MD and Colleyville,TX; 3.2.3. Notes for Milpitas, CA, USA; 3.2.4. Notes for Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3.2.5. Notes from Connecticut, USA; 3.2.6. Notes from Dallas, TX or anyone using Motorola !CyberSurfr; 3.2.7. Notes from Louisville, KY by Devin Bundrent `mrscoobdoo@home.comb; 3.2.8. Notes from Madison, WI and Lakeridge, VA; 3.2.9. Notes from Baton Rouge, LA by Van Goodwin `positron@redstroke.comb; 3.2.10. Notes from Richmond, VA and its surroundings by Robert Marshall `no_robmars_spam@yahoo.comb; 3.2.11. Notes from Mobile, Alabama R. Jason Valentine `miracle@procyon.comb:; 3.2.12. Notes from Auburn, Alabama by Andrew W. Jones
-`andywjones@home.comb; 3.2.13. Notes from Santa Barbara, California by Tim Newsome
-`nuisance@DELETE_BEFORE_SENDINGcmu.edub; 3.2.14. Notes from Connecticut, USA; 3.3. !RoadRunner; 3.4. Rogers@Home; 3.5. Sunflower Cablevision; 3.6. Jones Intercable; 3.7. GTE Worldwind; 3.8. !SpeedChoice, Phoenix, Arizona; 3.9. Cedar Falls Utilities Cybernet, Cedar Falls, Iowa; 3.10. Telstra Big Pond Advance, Australia; 3.11. Fibertel, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3.12. Videotron (Videon), Canada; 3.13. Telekabel (Teleweb), Austria; 3.14. Shaw Cable, Canada; 3.15. Cogeco Cable, Canada; 3.16. Optimum Online, New York and Connecticut; 3.17. Singapore Cable Vision, Singapore; 3.18. Cable Wanadoo, France and Netherlands (formerly Casema); 3.19. Prime Cable Expressnet, Las Vegas, NV; 3.20. Chello Belgium, formerly TVD, Belgium; 3.21. Telenet Vlaanderen, Belgium; 3.22. Total-Web, United States; 3.23. !CyberCable, Paris, France; 3.24. Chello (UPC) Stockholm, Sweden (formerly StjärnTV); 3.25. GCI.Net, Alaska; 3.26. Saturn Communication NZ Ltd, New Zealand; 3.27. Chello, Netherlands; 3.28. Adelphia Powerlink, USA; 3.29. 21st Century Telecom, Chicago, IL, USA; 3.30. HTVi, Helsinki, Finland; 3.31. Garden State Cable, New Jersey; 3.32. Zoom Internet, Butler County, PA; 3.33. Charter Pipeline; 3.34. Netcabo, TV Cabo, Portugal; 3.35. Supercable, Spain; 3.36. NTL, United Kingdom; 3.37. Virtua, São Paulo, Brazil; 3.38. Hathway, Bombay, India; 3.39. Siti Cable, Bangalore, India; 3.40. Com Hem, Sweden: ; 3.40.1. 1. Setting up a single node; 3.40.2. 2. Connecting your home LAN (if you have more than one machine); 3.40.3. You from the internet; 3.40.4. Problems:; 3.41. !SwissOnLine !HiSpeed Internet, Switzerland; 3.42. Liwest, Austria; 3.43. Blueyonder from Telewest, United Kingdom; 3.44. !CableNet, Colombia; 3.45. Brutele, Belgium; 3.46. Optus @Home, Australia; 3.47. Destiny Cable, Philippines; 3.48. Retecal, Spain; 3.49. Netvisao, Portugal; 3.50. Longview Cable - Cablelynx; 3.51. Soon Communications Plc, Finland; 3.52. !InstaNet, Oregon; 4. Hybrid Cable modem ISPs: ; 4.1. Adelphia Powerlink, USA; 4.2. !LinkExpress, Brasil; 4.3. !ExpressNet, Maryland; 4.4. Charter Pipeline, Riverside, CA; 4.5. Chambers Cable, Chico, CA / Fundy Cable, New Brunswick; 4.6. Smyrna Cable, Atlanta, GA; 4.7. Amnet de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; 4.8. Prime Cable, Chicago, IL; 4.9. Millennium Digital Media, Maryland; 4.10. Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC), South Carolina
-!!!1. Introduction
-
-The main goal of this document is to get your system running with your
-cable modem, and cable internet provider. Unfortunately, many ISPs that
-provide cable modem services, give you Windows and Macintosh software
-only.
-
-
-
-This document attempts to explain how to setup some cable modems and
-internet providers in Linux, the tricks to get them working correctly, and
-the traps not to fall down. It is hoped that this document will assist
-you, however we make no claims for the validity of the information
-contained within.
-
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-!!1.1. New Versions of this Document
-
-The newest version of this HOWTO will always first be made
-available on
-
-
-
-http://www.cs.unm.edu/~vuksan/linux/Cable-Modem.html
-
-----
-!!1.2. Feedback
-
-Feedback is most certaintly welcome for this document. Without your
-submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. So, please send your
-additions, comments and criticisms to `vuksan-feedback@veus.hrb.
-
-----
-!!1.3. Contributors
-
-The following people have contributed to this mini-HOWTO.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Dan Sullivan `dsulli@home.comb
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Andrew Novick
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Michael Strates
-
-
-*----
-!!1.4. Standard Disclaimer
-
-No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted.
-Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
-As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
-and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
-Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
-I don't take any responsibility for that.
-
-
-
-Also bear in mind that this is ''NOT'' official information.
-Obtaining official information is usually an impossibility with
-many ISPs. Much content in this document are assumptions, which appear to
-work for people. Use the information at your own risk.
-
-----
-!!1.5. Copyright Information
-
-This document is copyrighted (c) 1998 Vladimir Vuksan and
-distributed under the terms of the !OpenContent License (OPL). Full
-text of the license can be found at
-http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml
-
-----
-!!!2. Setting up your Ethernet Card
-
-All of the setups below use ethernet cards (network cards) to connect
-you somehow to the Internet. That is why first we need to check if
-your ethernet card is working and most importantly can be used (read
-is supported) in Linux. There is a comprehensive Ethernet HOWTO at
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html
-if you would like to read it otherwise try this.
-
-
-
-Boot into Linux, During boot up a message like this should appear...
-
-
-eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af ee 01 23, IRQ 10.
-3c509.c:1.07 6/15/95 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
-
-If you missed it type __dmesg__.
-
-
-
-If you see a message like that you are set and you can go to the next
-section. If you can't see a message like this there are two possible
-explanations, your ethernet card is PNP (plug-n-play) and you need to
-use tools such as isapnptools to get it recognized (I am not quite
-sure on this because I don't have a single PNP card so correct me if I
-am wrong). The other explanation is that you need to set up your card.
-
-
-
-Most cards today come with DOS programs that are used to setup your
-card. For example to get my 3COM 3c509 to work all I needed to do is
-boot into DOS and use a utility to configure my card. There is usually
-a Auto Configure option. If that does not solve your problem try
-changing the IRQ for the card using the same utility. I find that
-usually IRQs 10,11 and 12 work well. If none of this solves your
-problem please read the Ethernet HOWTO referenced above or post to a
-newsgroup such as comp.os.linux.setup or comp.os.linux.networking.
-
-----
-!!!3. Regular Cable Modem ISPs
-
- If you think you have the card recognized you have to now look at the
-entry for your ISP. I have sorted the information according to a
-provider because setups are mostly ISP specific.
-
-----
-!!3.1. ATT (formerly !MediaOne)
-
-!MediaOne Express is a Internet cable service provided by !MediaOne. The
-hardware setup consists of a cable modem produced by !LanCity or
-General Instruments which plugs into an ethernet card using a 10BaseT
-(UTP-45) cable. Assignment of IP addresses and other networking
-information is done using DHCP which stands for Dynamic Host
-Configuration Protocol. The only thing you need to do is read the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO and configure your system appropriately. There is no
-other necessary configuration. DHCP mini-HOWTO can be found at
-http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html.
-
-
-
-Most of Mediaone/!RoadRunner tracks you're MAC (ethernet) address,
-and won't allow any other MAC address to use the !CableModem.
-
-
-
-To get around this you could either call Mediaone and ask them to change
-you're MAC address to you're current one. They do allow you to have
-multiple allowed MAC addresses, but they might not allow more than two.
-Other approach is to tell your ethernet card what MAC address to use. Most
-cards will allow it. So first make sure you write down the MAC address of the
-card you used when Mediaone technicians showed up and they type something like
-this:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:23:56:74:25:12
-
-Additional notes by Peter Zurich:
-
-
-
-Pump will not work without
-specifying the hostname ("-h fubar") on the command line. It
-doesn't seem to matter what exactly you give it as the hostname, as
-long as you give something.
-
-
-
-Notes from Seattle, Washington area
-
-
-
-You have to supply the -h option to dhcpcd if you want to get your service
-running. "windowsidentification" is the one ATT provides you
-and is REQUIRED for it to work. it ends in a "-a". For example
-
-
-dhcpd -h {windowsidentification --b'cXXXXXX-a'} eth0
-
-Alternatively if you would like to use pump check out the notes of user in
-Mobile, Alabama.
-
-
-
-Information about ATT Broadband can be found at
-http://www.broadband.att.com.
-
-----
-!!3.2. @Home
-
-@Home uses a similar setup to ''ATT (formerly !MediaOne)''.
-However, there are a few fundamental differences, outlined by
-contributors. Since @Home spans different geographic locations you might
-get assigned different kind of equipment and have slightly different kind
-of setups.
-
-
-
-Before you try anything, go to control panel, network, and properties
-for your network card. Write down all of the information. You will
-need it later.
-
-
-
-
-TCI, the company that runs @Home issues a Etherlink III 3c509b NIC for
-all of their customers. What TCI does not tell you is that when they
-install your ethernet card, it is in PnP mode. Now in Slakware, if you
-uncomment the proper line for this card, everything will appear to be
-working fine. There will be no system problems, but the 'PC' light on
-your CyberSURFR modem will never turn on. If you are using Slakware,
-and are having this problem, reboot in DOS and skip the next
-paragraph.
-
-
-
-
-In !RedHat 5, your system will have some trouble autodetecting the card.
-If you try to pass the paramaters manually, the system will hang. This
-should be obvious that your card is not setup properly. Before wasting
-anymore time, reboot in DOS (This is a must because as of 12/25/97,
-there is no utility written for Linux to turn off PnP and turn on
-ISA.)
-
-
-
-
-TCI does not give out a utility disk for your ethernet card, so you
-must download the utility from one of 3Com's sites. Here is a link to
-3COM's page for driver download.
-
-
-
-
-http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/index.htm
-
-
-
-Once you have downloaded your driver files you will need to run them
-and disable the PNP mode of your network card.
-
-
-
-
-What you've now done will make your ethernet card 'broken' in Windows
-95. You'll need to go to Control Panel, Network, and remove the
-network card and the adapter. Reboot your computer, and again go back
-to control panel. Go to add/remove new hardware, and have it
-autodetect. It will automatically setup the correct i/o address for
-you. You will most likely need to reboot again. Now you should be in
-Windows 95, with the 'PC' light on your cable modem on. You will also
-notice that none of your internet applications seem to work, you can't
-ping, and you can't resolve DNS. You now must go back to control
-panels, network, and click on properties for your network card (not
-the adapter). Re-enter all the data you wrote down, and reboot.
-
-
-
-
-With a little luck, your ethernet card should be working in Windows
-95, and ready to rock in Linux.
-
-----
-!3.2.1. Notes from Hampton Roads VA, Phoenix AZ, Arlington TX and
-Champaign/Urbana IL
-
-With the @home service in Hampton Roads, VA, it is absolutly neccessary
-to run dhcpcd-.70 (or higher) that supports the "-h" option to specify
-the hostname of your computer. Without this switch the @home dhcpcd
-server will not assign addresses.
-
-
-
-@Home user from Hampton Roads Scott Stancil
-`sstancil@home.comb
-has provided an RPM that can be used to easily configure @Home
-connection. Check it out at
-http://www.linuxforum.com/plug/projects.html
-
-
-
-More information on setting up dhcpcd-.70 and @Home service with Intel
-Ether Express cards can be found at
-http://www.monmouth.com/~jay/Linux/
-
-----
-!3.2.2. Notes for Baltimore, MD and Colleyville,TX
-
-In Baltimore subscribers are issued Intel Ether Express Pro 10 nics and a
-static IP number.
-
-----
-!3.2.3. Notes for Milpitas, CA, USA
-
-Information provided by Joe Byrne
-
-
-
-@Home service assignes 3Com 509b cards. IP addresses assigned statically.
-
-----
-!3.2.4. Notes for Salt Lake City, UT, USA
-
-Information provided by `akaiceman@hotmail.comb.
-
-
-
-@home (at least in the Salt Lake City, Utah areas, i'm not sure if this is
-everywhere yet) has started giving out 3com 900B NIC's, unless you ask for a
-ISA card in particular. 3COM 900B are PCI based ethernet cards which might
-require kernel recompilation.
-
-----
-!3.2.5. Notes from Connecticut, USA
-
-Information provided by `dan@sidhe.orgb.
-
-
-
-The @Home folks are using Motorola cable modems (I know, I got one) in
-addition to any other brand folks have reported. If it's getting hooked
-into a hub it needs to either get plugged in with a twisted-pair
-cross-over cable or go into the 'to other hubs' port if your hub has one.
-(Which is standard, I expect, for these things, but useful to keep in mid
-if, like me, you're hooking the thing on to an existing local network) I
-have a plain Compaq 10/100 ethernet card (I think it's the NC3131, but I'm
-not 100% sure) in my linux box and it worked without a hitch.
-
-
-
-Also, they are handing out fixed IP addresses, at least in Connecticut,
-and you can get up to three. (They charge $4.95/mo for each extra IP
-address they allocate) They make no requirements on the OSes on these
-extra machines--I've a Vax running VMS and they didn't bat an eye when I
-signed it up. They did want the initial machine to be something they
-recognized (I booted over to Win98 for the duration) but they would've
-handled a linux-only install if really, *really* pressed
-
-----
-!3.2.6. Notes from Dallas, TX or anyone using Motorola !CyberSurfr
-
-If you have a Motorola !CyberSurfr cable modem you will need
-to press the reset key on the back of the modem if you switch
-network cards. The ethernet card hardware address is read by the modem
-and once it is setup if the card is switched it must be reset.Just press
-the reset key for 10+ seconds and it will reread.
-
-
-
-If you are still not able to get your cable connection going check out
-mini-HOWTO for cable modems and Cox@Home at
-http://www.kernel-panic.com/user_files/cox.at.home.html
-
-
-
-Update from James Stormes `jstormes@gtfcu.comb
-
-
-
-@Home has been upgrading the cable modem system in Bedford Texas (the area
-around Dallas Texas). I have found that with the new system your NIC's MAC
-address must match what the cable system has. That is the Linux system you
-plug into the cable modem must use the same MAC that is programmed into the
-board you got from @Home. I use two diffrent computers on the cable modem
-(Linux and Windows) so this was a problem.
-
-
-
-For some NIC drivers you can specify the MAC. For example in
-n REDHAT 6.1 in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 you can add
-the line MACADDR="0F4F3E54A659". Where eth0 is the NIC card attached to the
-cable modem and the 0F4F3E54A659 is the MAC that the cable modem system is
-expecting.
-
-----
-!3.2.7. Notes from Louisville, KY by Devin Bundrent `mrscoobdoo@home.comb
-
- As of now, @Home/Insight issues Realtek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet
-NICs, and Static IP addresses. In addition, the customers of the
-service are given(by default, others can be bought, and used) the RCA
-DCM105 Digital Cable Modem, without utilities disk.
-
-----
-!3.2.8. Notes from Madison, WI and Lakeridge, VA
-
-I have a cable modem from Bresnan in madison wi, they use the @home network for
-internet trafic and supply there users with the RCA cable modems.
-In the howto it states that the -h flag should be used for the host name with
-dhcpcd. That didn't work for me. They provided me with a machine name of
-cb46597-a.mdsn1.wi.home.com, the cd46597-a obviously being my hosts name....
-anyway.. the flag I had to use to get dhcpcd working was the -I flag for
-ClientID. ClientID is actually the MAC (Ethernet) address of your NIC e.g.
-00:00:21:61:7C:F0.
-
-----
-!3.2.9. Notes from Baton Rouge, LA by Van Goodwin `positron@redstroke.comb
-
-Here, @Home doesn't seem to have a standard ethernet card.
-They gave me a "SMC EtherEZ" ISA card, but I've seen them
-install totally different cards in other systems. The installer told me
-they gave static IP addresses to people who use Windows NT and
-dynamic to everyone else. Don't ask me why.
-
-----
-!3.2.10. Notes from Richmond, VA and its surroundings by Robert Marshall `no_robmars_spam@yahoo.comb
-
-In Chesterfield County, Virginia (a suburb of Richmond), @Home offers cable
-modem service through the local cable provider, Comcast. The service runs very
-well with Linux. As with many @Home locations, IP addresses are assigned via
-dhcp, and they require that all dhcp request packets contain the user's
-@Home-assigned hostname. The dhcpcd package works well for this, using the -h
-parameter. Personal best download - 16Mbytes in 54 seconds.
-
-
-
-In Henrico County, Hanover County, and the city of Richmond, Virginia, !MediaOne
-is offerring their Road Runner service. IP addresses are assigned using dhcp,
-but are exclusively reserved by MAC address. This requires that the user call
-!MediaOne support if the MAC address attached to the cable modem ever changes.
-The !MediaOne people refused to re-register my friend's new MAC address when he
-told them that he had purchased a personal firewall from !NetGear. They even
-tried to insist that he purchase commercial service, even though he was only
-going to have one PC connected to the service. Thus, I strongly agree with your
-wording in the HOWTO that !MediaOne customers carefully avoid mentioning the
-words "router", "firewall", or "Linux".
-
-----
-!3.2.11. Notes from Mobile, Alabama R. Jason Valentine `miracle@procyon.comb:
-
-In Mobile, Comcast cable provides cable modem service through the @home
-network. An RCA cable modem (model DCM205) is issued along with a SMC
-EZ-Card (10/100) if you don't already have a cable modem.
-
-
-
-Static IPs are not given, but rather assigned through DHCP. You need to
-make your ethernet card (eth*) use DHCP - linuxconf is the easiest way to
-set that up. Next, you'll need to find the following line in /sbin/ifup
-
-
------------------------------------------------------------------
-if
[[ -n "$PUMP"
]; then
-echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE..."
-if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE; then
-echo " done."
-else
-echo " failed."
-exit 1
-fi
-else ...
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-and change it to
-
-
------------------------------------------------------------------
-if [[ -n "$PUMP" ]; then
-echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE..."
-if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE -h YOURHOSTNAME; then
-echo " done."
-else
-echo " failed."
-exit 1
-fi
-else ...
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Where YOURHOSTNAME is the computer name (cc123456-a - or whatever yours may
-be.)
-
-----
-!3.2.12. Notes from Auburn, Alabama by Andrew W. Jones
-`andywjones@home.comb
-
-I would like to note that Auburn's @home service supports DHCP. If you
-simply issue `dhcpcd -h hostname` all your network settings are taken
-care of...
-
-----
-!3.2.13. Notes from Santa Barbara, California by Tim Newsome
-`nuisance@DELETE_BEFORE_SENDINGcmu.edub
-
-My provider (Cox@Home, in Santa Barbara, CA) does the same thing as
-''Notes from Hampton Roads VA, Phoenix AZ, Arlington TX and
-Champaign/Urbana IL''. I'm using Debian,
-with dhclient version 2.. I added the following line to my
-/etc/dhclient.conf: send host-name "cx803168-a"; Where cx803168-a is the
-hostname I've been assigned. It is listed on the purchase order.
-
-
-
-Information about @Home Service can be found at
-http://www.home.com/.
-
-----
-!3.2.14. Notes from Connecticut, USA
-
-Information provided by John Cusick `JCusick@SPELLNET.comb.
-
-
-
-In Hartford, Connecticut, TCI (now AT T) is issuing a Farallon PnP ISA
-Ethernet card. This card may be detected with the isapnp tools or jumpered.
-The info is on Farallon's website for this card. It is NE2000 compatible.
-
-----
-!!3.3. !RoadRunner
-
-!RoadRunner is an Internet cable service provided by Excalibur Group
-(Time Warner). The hardware setup consists of a cable modem produced
-by Motorola and Toshiba which plugs into an ethernet card using a
-10BaseT (UTP-45) cable. From what I can gather RR uses DHCP for IP
-assignment. In order to set up Linux to use DHCP you need to read the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html.
-
-
-
-If this doesn't work out for you you should check out
-http://www.math.uakron.edu/!RoadRunner/
-for Akron, Ohio and
-http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rr/index.html
-for San Diego, California. It might help solve your problem.
-
-
-
-Another good site is http://www.vortech.net/rrlinux/.
-
-
-
-One more thing that might be worth mentioning: you will need a Windows NT,
-95, or 98 or Macintosh PC for the !RoadRunner installers to configure the
-modem. It's not technically necessary, but they will insist, and will not
-install on a Linux system. It's also best not to mention the IPFW system
-while they're around.
-
-
-
-Additional notes by Phil Baird `pjb@rocsoft.comb from Rochester, NY:
-
-
-
-About getting hooked up initially. It is true the RR techs don't want
-to talk about Linux. However, they now offer us a "self-install" that is
-half the price ($50). Basically, they come out, run the cable, and make
-sure the signal gets to the modem. You must supply your own nic card and
-do the rest of the setup on your own.
-
-
-
-Information about !RoadRunner Service can be found at
-http://www.rr.com/.
-
-----
-!!3.4. Rogers@Home
-
-The hardware setup consists of a cable modem produced by !LanCity which
-plugs into an ethernet card using a 10BaseT (UTP-45) cable.
-
-
-
-
-When the cable modem is installed by Rogers@Home technicians you are
-assigned a static IP address. They should also provide you with
-information on your subnet mask, router (gateway) numbers and DNS numbers.
-
-
-
-If above doesn't help you can check out
-Randal Leavitt's `randal.leavitt@home.comb "Connection Notes"
-for Rogers@Home at
-http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/!CableModemConnectionNotes.html.
-
-
-
-Notes from Greg Jacobs `gregjacobs@home.comb
-
-
-
-They now only give out dynamic IP's. The techs says its pretty much fixed
-after first issue, they just want to use DHCP so any network changes on
-their end can just be 'pushed out' so to speak.
-
-
-
-Also Make sure any cablemodem uses ensure they don't use a DHCP server on their
-cablemodem interface. The cable company gets very angry and often pull the plug
-then tell you ;).
-
-
-
-
-Other information about Rogers@Home Service can be found at
-http://rogers.home.com/.
-
-----
-!!3.5. Sunflower Cablevision
-
-This information is provided by Frank Wiles `admin@sunflower.comb:
-
-
-
-In order to get online with Sunflower all you have to do is enable DHCP.
-DHCP mini-HOWTO (
-http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html)
-has instructions how to set up DHCP under Linux.
-
-
-
-Also they should contact me at admin@sunflower.com for lawrence.ks.us domains
-
-
-
-We use DOCSIS compliant modems now, not the old Zenth stuff.
-
-----
-!!3.6. Jones Intercable
-
-This information is provided by Bob Kimble:
-
-
-
-Jones Internet Cable supplies a Hybrid cable modem that connects to your
-machine / network via 10BaseT ethernet. They provide you with a static IP
-address for your machine, and another static IP address for the modem. The
-modem acts as a gateway to their network. Your IP address and the modem IP
-address are on the same network and have the same network mask (in my case
-255.255.255.0 -- 24 bits). They also provide two DNS IP addresses which
-you enter into your configuration. I just entered the numbers when I
-installed Red Hat Linux 5 and it worked like a champ from the beginning.
-Since then I have configured my Linux machine to enable IP masquerading
-and domain name services, and it now acts as a router for my entire
-private network. My other machines are connected via a private network
-using the addresses 192.168..x. They are running Windows 95, Windows NT
-(Intel and Alpha) and OS/2. My Linux machine has two IP addresses -- the
-one from the cable company and one from
-the 192.168..x private network. Everything works like a champ. All six
-machines can browse the web simultaneously. My kids are even able to
-connect to their favorite game site, "The Realm" from Sierra.
-
-----
-!!3.7. GTE Worldwind
-
-This information is provided by Blake R. Swopes (bhodi@bigfoot.com):
-
-
-
-GTE !WorldWind service is available in only a few areas (parts of California
-and Florida), its home page is located at
-http://www.gtecablemodem.com/.
-
-
-
-GTE will send a technician out to hook up the cable modem to the wall, but
-does not do any configuration of your computer. The cable you hook up to
-your computer is the ethernet standard 10baseT (and you'll probably need to
-buy your own, since the one they left with me was only about two feet long).
-
-
-
-The technician should leave you some information about configuring your
-system (IP address, gateway address, netmask, DNS addresses) and the number
-for GTE's support line (1-800-GTE-VIDEO, since !WorldWind is attached to
-GTE's Americast cable service). If you have read the Ethernet-HOWTO and the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO, you should have no trouble configuring your system to work
-with !WorldWind.
-
-
-
-GTE provides one e-mail address, which they assign to you, but you can
-create aliases to that account and web mail accounts through gte.net.
-
-
-
-According to GTE, they block inbound traffic on several ports for security
-purposes and to keep people from running servers that will eat into other
-users' bandwidth (e.g., telnet, DNS, News, and Netbios (Good news for
-Windows users)). In actual practice, I have found that I was able to telnet
-into my system from remote hosts.
-
-
-
-GTE does not provide technical support for Linux users, so you will pretty
-much be on your own. My experience was that as soon as I mentioned Linux,
-they tried to get me off the phone, but that might have been the particular
-tech I was speaking to at the time.
-
-
-
-GTE also advised me that they do not support users who have IBM Aptivas,
-however I was able to briefly connect an IBM Aptia 2176-C77 with a SOHOWare
-PCI 10/100 Ethernet Card to the service with no trouble at all.
-
-
-
-I regularly test my connection speed through the bandwidth test at MSN
-(
-http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest.asp
-and regularly find my connection speed to be between 320-390Kbps. Depending on
-the site, I have seen transfers at up to 135K, though the average is
-probably 35-45.
-
-----
-!!3.8. !SpeedChoice, Phoenix, Arizona
-
-According to Micah
-`peenchee@asu.edub:
-
-
-
-Just thought I'd let you know that in my area (Phoenix, AZ, usa) there is
-a company called speedchoice that provides cable modem service. The
-service uses a hybrid cable modem and the set up is almost identical to
-that of Jones intercable described in the howto.
-See ''Jones Intercable''. For any other issues mail Micah.
-
-----
-!!3.9. Cedar Falls Utilities Cybernet, Cedar Falls, Iowa
-
-This information is provided thanks to
-Joe Breu `breu@cfu.netb
-
-
-
-We are an ISP in Cedar Falls, Iowa that uses a mix of Zenith, Lancity,
-and DOCSIS Cable Modems over our own Hybrid Fiber/Coax system. Our
-system uses no proprietary connection software and is straight TCP/IP
-connections. We do use DHCP, but will offer static IP addresses to
-customers with older Macintosh machines or computers unable to use DHCP.
-We will answer basic questions if you want to hook up a Linux box to our
-network but it should be drop and surf.
-
-----
-!!3.10. Telstra Big Pond Advance, Australia
-
-This information is provided by Mike Battersby `mib@post.comb
-
-
-
-Linux is not an officially supported platform for Telstra
-Big Pond Advance cable internet. Do not report faults regarding Big
-Pond Advance and Linux to them, as they will not help you.
-
-
-
-Big Pond Advance user Shane Hyde wrote an excellent open source BIDS v2
-login client, BPALogin, which is now maintained by David Parrish. The
-BPALogin web site is: http://bpalogin.sourceforge.net/.
-Available at the same site is a page of instructions on getting BPALogin to work
-with Linux:
-http://bpalogin.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html
-.
-
-----
-!!3.11. Fibertel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
-
-This information is provided by Pablo Godel.
-
-
-
-My name is Pablo Godel and want report that I'm using the cable service
-of Fibertel in Buenos Aires, Argentina and it works perfectly with
-Linux.
-
-
-
-They gave me a static IP. The brand of the cablemodem is COM21 and the
-model is !ComPort.
-
-
-
-I connect it to the nic properly, configured in Linux and it worked
-perfectly.
-
-
-
-Update by Albert Claret `albert.claret@fibertel.com.arb:
-
-
-
-
-Besides the static IP/COM21 cablemodem setup you already list in
-the HOWTO, the company is also providing a DHCP/motorola surfboard
-cablemodem service, and AFAIK, they are planning to remove all of the
-static IP cablemodems and replace them. As far as the setup for the
-dhcp/motorola, just firing your plain old DHCP client will
-get you up and running without any problems. At present time, there are no
-ports filtered by them.
-
-
-
-More information about Fibertel can be found at
-http://www.fibertel.com.ar.
-
-----
-!!3.12. Videotron (Videon), Canada
-
-I don't have much information about Videotron except the fact that they
-use DHCP for the assignment of IP addresses and other networking
-information. Just read the DHCP
-mini-HOWTO and configure your system appropriately. There is no
-other necessary configuration. Also important thing to note is that the
-Ethernet card that Videotron distributes is a NE2000 compatible PCI card
-for which you need to use.
-
-
-
-ne2k-pci driver
-
-
-
-Additional information from Philip Gwyn
-`gwynp@artware.qc.cab:
-
-
-
-They use Motorola CyberSURFR (sic) modems. This will give you an
-ethernet NIC when you sign up. They gave me a TMC NE2000 PCI clone,
-which Linux recognises as a "!RealTek RTL-8029". It couldn't configure
-it propperly however, until I downloaded the manufacturer's driver disk
-and changed the media type to "auto-config".
-
-
-
-While they can't guarantee to get it working with Linux, they will do a
-bit of hand holding so it works. Many of the tech-support have
-Linux-clues, as it were, even asking questions like "what kernel are you
-running?" "do you have the latest version of dhcpcd?". When their DHCP
-server broke, they even suggested I delete the cache files in
-/etc/dhcpcd to start over from zero, as it were. This worked.
-
-
-
-Additional information from Mihai Petre
-`mihaip@videotron.cab:
-
-
-
-Yes they are using DHCP for the tcp settings.
-You can also try posting your problems on news.powersurfr.com newsgroup
-videon.linux.
-
-
-
-As far as running servers using your cable connection according to Alex
-Nuta says that "contract explicitly states that *no* servers of any kind
-are permitted; HTTP, FTP or otherwise".
-
-
-
-Additional information from Stasnilav Kogan
-`s_kogan@alcor.concordia.cab:
-
-
-
- The modem they provide is now Samsung !InfoRanger (SCM-100R). The ISA
-card they provide is an SMC NE2000 compatible (FCC ID: HED1661EN2). It
-is necessary to configure the card from DOS to NE2000 mode before
-attempting to get it to work under Linux. (Generally, this card is
-horrible. I replaced with a 3Com card as soon as possible).
-
-
-
-The technical support in Videotron is absolutely HORRIBLE. (Not to
-mention Linux support). So, whoever signs up with them, should expect to
-work alone. However, aside from the NIC problems, the setup was a
-breeze. They use DHCP, so all the standard procedures apply.
-
-
-
-Information provided by John Brzustowski
-
-
-
-The following bash-style shell script, run as root, was sufficient for
-me to get connected. In my case, it is a fragment from
-/etc/pcmcia/network but you could equally place it by itself in
-/etc/init.d and link to it from /etc/rc2.d, possibly deleting some of
-the network init scripts already there.
-
-
-#!/bin/bash
-DEVICE=eth0
-# In the following XXXXXXXX represents the 8-digit serial number
-# affixed to the underside of the Motorola CyberSURFR modem.
-# It is the same number the person who installed my cable link had
-# to phone in to the central office for activation.
-# (Substitute your actual number, of course.)
-SERIAL_NUM=XXXXXXXX
-/sbin/ifconfig $DEVICE up ...
-/sbin/route add default dev $DEVICE
-rm /etc/dhcpc/dhcp*
-# I'm not sure both the -h and the -I flags are required, but
-# this works for me.
-/sbin/dhcpcd -h $SERIAL_NUM -I $SERIAL_NUM $DEVICE
-. /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-$DEVICE.info
-
-It is also a good idea to set a hostname using the Hostname page
-available via http://home.powersurfr.com/Customers/index.cgi Your
-dhcpcd client will receive this hostname from Videon's server. Some
-linux mail set-ups require a legitimate hostname in order to work.
-
-
-
-Information about Videotron can be found at
-http://www.videotron.ca.
-
-----
-!!3.13. Telekabel (Teleweb), Austria
-
-There are two approaches to setting up your Telekabel
-connection. First one is the approach used by Andreas Kostyrka:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-You may want to mention, that the Austrian Telekabel (Teleweb) ISP works
-with Linux. It seems quite similiar like !MediaOne Express (3c509+dhcp,
-etc.)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-
-Second there are 3COM configuration utilities for Linux (But don't fool
-around with them on a busy system, 3c509 may lock the bus if touched the
-wrong way :( ):
-
-
-
-
-
-
-**
-
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/hurricane/SRPMS/3c5x9utils-1.-3.src.rpm
-
-
-**
-**
-
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/readmes/3c5x9utils-1.-1.README
-
-
-**
-*
-
-Second approach is provided by Marcel Ebmer
-`marcel.ebmer@chello.atb
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Do NOT bother using dhcpcd or pump!
-
-
-*
-*
-
-In case you don't know, ask the provider for your IP-address, which
-is static, for the DNSs, the Gateway and use linuxconf to configure the
-network. For Vienna: 960 60 333 is the helpdesk's telephone number They
-officially do not support linux, but you need not mention you
-are running linux.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Choose a unique name for your PC....not "localhost"
-
-
-*
-
-Information about Telekabel can be found at http://www.telekabel.at/.
-
-----
-!!3.14. Shaw Cable, Canada
-
-According to Peng F. Mok
-`pmok@shaw.wave.cab:
-
-
-
-I recently signed up for a cable modem service from Shaw Cable here in
-Canada, which runs under Shaw@Home brand. Shaw has been upgrading their
-cable network for about a year and a half now, and now offer cable-modem
-service to a number of locations across Canada. Information about the
-`Shaw@Home' service can
-be found at
-http://shaw.home.com General
-information about Shaw Cable can be found at
-http://www.shaw.ca.
-
-
-
-I thought I'd just drop you a line to inform you that your
-DHCP
-mini-HOWTO, was very useful in helping me set up Linux to work with my
-cable-modem service, and that you might want to add `Shaw@Home'
-to your Cable-Modem mini-HOWTO as another entry. I don't have specific
-information on the `Shaw@Home' service yet, but from conversations I've
-had with Shaw technical support it seems that `Shaw@Home' is a
-partnership with ''@Home'' and
-involves the same features and setup procedure as that already described
-for ''@Home'' in the Cable-Modem
-mini-HOWTO document.
-
-
-
-In both services Shaw Cable techs will come over and bring you two
-pieces of hardware -- a Motorola CyberSURFR cable-modem and either a
-3Com !EtherLink III 16-Bit ISA 3C509B-TPO NIC or an !EtherLink XL PCI
-3C900-TPO NIC. You have your choice of either an ISA or a PCI card
-depending on your needs, and these models only have the RJ-45 (UTP)
-connectors. The ISA cards come with PnP-mode enabled by default, so it
-may be necessary to boot into DOS, disable PnP operation, and configure
-the card to some base I/O address and IRQ setting which are available.
-Once this is done Linux should have no problems detecting the NIC at
-boot-time. I'm not sure about what needs to be done in the case of a
-PCI card since I don't currently have a PC which supports either PCI or
-PnP.
-
-
-
-Note from another user:
-
-
-
-Shaw now also issues SMC PCI ethernet cards. They give these out
-without boxes or manuals. I found out that these are the SMC !EtherPower
-PCI RJ45 card (model 8432T). They use the DEC 21041 chip so the tulip
-ethernet driver is needed for it.
-
-
-
-If you need to set up your POP3 mailboxes you can do that at following
-URL: https://profile.home.net/Users/menu.htm
-and you can login and setup the POP3 mailboxes that way.
-
-
-
-Oh, and for the record, Shaw's technical support is horrendous. The
-best place to go for information is the athome.users-unix newsgroup
-(which is not even mentioned by any of the documentation) or please
-consult http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~pmok/linux/.
-
-
-
-Information provided by Eric De Schepper:
-
-
-
-Shaw Cable Winnipeg provides the user with either a 3Com !EtherLink III
-16-Bit ISA 3C509B-TPO NIC or an !EtherLink XL PCI 3C900-TPO
-(depending on which slot(s) you have available) and a Terayon !TeraPro
-Cablemodem
-( http://www.terayon.com/tools/products/view.html?phase=show8id=9736692998famid=9735959968cat_id=9.4.1 ).
-You have to disable PNP on the NIC's - Shaw gives a static IP via DHCP.
-
-----
-!!3.15. Cogeco Cable, Canada
-
-This information is provided thanks to
-Sean O'Grady
-`sean@incisive.dhs.orgb:
-
-
-
-I have a Cable Modem through a company called Cogeco Cable located in
-various parts of Canada. They are part of the "Wave" system which includes
-Rogers Cable and Shaw Cable. The technical setup is different for each
-provider though. They supplied me with a D-Link ethernet card (the version
-of that has changed since then but I believe are still using D-Link) and a
-Zenith modem. The Ip setup is easy since they use DHCP so all I did was
-install the
-DHCP daemon and that was that. If you like you can list my
-e-mail address `togrady@cgocable.netb for anyone with questions.
-
-
-
- I contacted you awhile ago with information regarding setting up a
-cable modem under Cogeco (the mail came from togrady@cgocable.net). Well I
-have some updates to give you. Cogeco has now joined the @HOME network
-although I haven't seen anything good come out of yet. The modems have
-changed as well, instead of the old Zenith modems we now are using a
-Samsung !InfoRanger SCM-100R modem. The modem changed has not affected the
-ease of setting up Linux with the cable modem. All that is still required
-is a functioning network card and
-working DHCP
-client and you will be able
-to get the network functioning quickly. Many people send questions to me
-regarding various cable modem/dhcp/networking issues and as a result I
-have started to put together some help pages. The are located at
-http://incisive.dhs.org.
-
-
-
-Additional info has been provided Craig Kossowski:
-
-
-
-Cogeco seems to be slowly getting themselves sorted out wrt cable modems
-and is now part of the set of Canadian cable companies that have
-cooperated on the @Home network. A network card is provided as part of
-their large (but currently waived) hookup fee; the D-Link 528CT for PCI
-capable systems, and, I believe, D-Link 220T for ISA systems (and possibly
-PCI capable computers that will accept the ISA card, they tried it in my
-roommate's system first, only when that didn't work did they put in the
-PCI 528CT). I'd recommend asking for the PCI if you have the choice, as I
-know that setup can work with Linux from my experience.
-
-
-
-Both of these are NE2000 boards to the best of my knowledge. I got the
-PCI D-Link 528CT which uses the !RealTek 8029 chipset, and Linux can deal
-with easily. I just recompiled the kernel, and after a little hiccup due
-to !RedHat 5.2's lilo default not looking for the kernel at /vmlinuz, I was
-up and running. DHCP (with a 24 hour lease lifetime) is used for IP
-resolution and everything worked automaticaly (I had selected a DHCP config
-when I installed Linux, others may need to do slightly more configuration,
-but it doesn't require anything non-standard). The 528 is supposedly
-plug 8 play, but I had no problems using it in my Linux box (2..34). Note
-that you need to compile in (either built in or module, I used built in)
-the PCI NE2k code, and unlike what is implied in the Ethernet HOWTO, you
-don't need to also include the ISA NE2000 code to use this chipset. I
-don't have experience with the ISA D-Link 220T, but I would assume it's
-just as easy to set up, it's listed as a supported card in the Ethernet
-HOWTO.
-
-
-
-The Cable modem I got was a great heavy thing that looks like a heatsink
-for a small nuclear reactor. Nearly a square foot in desk space, made by
-LANcity, and I believe rated for 10Mbps shared bandwidth on the cable
-subset side of things, it has a reasonably good set of LEDs to show you
-what it's doing once you figure out what each one is. While throughput
-will obviously vary, I see transfer rates around 10kB/s (80kbit/s) and up
-during the day, to 50-60kB/s at night, when presumably thinks are quieter
-on the backbone. Subjectively, it's very fast, and beats even fast modems
-hands down. I haven't had it long enough to determine uptime yet, so I
-can't comment there.
-
-
-
-At the time of this writing (Jan 99), Cogeco's service runs $150 for
-installation, including the card, and $39.99 a month for the service.
-They're currently waiving the modem rental fee "until they are available
-for purchase" but the information there is mixed from 15.04/month as of
-early 1999 (from the web page) to "not for some time" from their phone
-staff. Included with this is up to five email addresses, and 5MB of Web
-space. They also say there is a 1GB/month limit, though I'm told (by their
-tech support people) that this isn't strictly enforced, and is more to
-discourage ftp sites with high traffic bogging down the subnets, and to
-provide them with an avenue to prevent such. Although their literature
-doesn't say so, additional computers are an extra 10.70 a month, though
-unsupported, and you have to provide the hub, wiring and additional
-ethercards if you do this, they're basicly charging the extra for the
-lease of an additional IP as far as I can tell from their information.
-
-----
-!!3.16. Optimum Online, New York and Connecticut
-
-This information is provided by Seth Greenfield
-`islesfan@nassau.cv.netb:
-
-
-
-Optimum Online uses DHCP, and rrclientd in Linux, by John Clark. Check
-out http://www.netaxis.com/~wharris/optimum/index.html
-for instructions on how to set up your service with Linux.
-
-
-
-Tell people who had private ips who have public ips now to change their
-/etc/resolv.conf to look like this...
-
-
-domain nassau.cv.net (or optonline.net depenind on the users mood)
-nameserver 167.206.112.3
-nameserver 167.206.112.4
-
-Other Than that its the same setup procedure
-note: the rrclientd software will work if you tell it dce-server and you specify
-the domain as optonline.net
-
-----
-!!3.17. Singapore Cable Vision, Singapore
-
-This information is provided by Jieyao
-`jieyao@letterbox.comb:
-
-
-
-SCV provides Motorola Cybersurfer modem connected to the network card via
-UTP cable. The IP setup is easy since they use DHCP so all you need to do is
-install the
-dhcp daemon. If you can't make access the first time, turn the
-modem off then on again.
-
-----
-!!3.18. Cable Wanadoo, France and Netherlands (formerly Casema)
-
-This information is provided by Jerome Sautret
-`Jerome.Sautret@wanadoo.frb and it applies to Wanadoo's
-French customers:
-
-
-
-I just read your Cable Modem HOWTO. I live in France, and I use Cable
-Wanadoo, the cable service of France Telecom, which is the main telecom
-operator in France. It is available in a few cities in France at the
-moment, like Angers and Metz. This service provides a dynamic IP address
-via DHCP. It uses a COM 21 modem plugged in a 10BaseT Ethernet card.
-The IP setup is easy just read the
-DHCP mini
-HOWTO.
-
-
-
-Information about Netherlands is provided by Costyn van Dongen
-`cvd@casema.netb:
-
-
-
-The current Casema cable modems operate via the serial port, acting like
-normal modems, answering AT commands like phone modems. The setup is
-really very easy, because all the chat script needs to do is dial ATDT4.
-(this is in ppp-on-dialer). Hence it uses PPP, which is unusual for
-most cable modems.
-
-
-
-Relevant files are included /etc/ppp/ppp-on
-
-
-DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
-exec /usr/sbin/pppd -detach /dev/ttyS0 115200 connect $DIALER_SCRIPT 8
-
-/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
-
-
-exec /usr/sbin/chat -e '' AT '' ATDT4
-
-/etc/ppp/ppp-off
-
-
-#!/bin/sh
-######################################################################
-#
-# Determine the device to be terminated.
-#
-sleep 5
-if [[ "$1" = "" ]; then
-DEVICE=ppp0
-else
-DEVICE=$1
-fi
-#
-######################################################################
-#
-# If the ppp0 pid file is present then the program is running. Stop it.
-if [[ -r /var/run/$DEVICE.pid ]; then
-kill -INT `cat /var/run/$DEVICE.pid`
-#
-# If the kill did not work then there is no process running for this
-# pid. It may also mean that the lock file will be left. You may wish
-# to delete the lock file at the same time.
-if [[ ! "$?" = "" ]; then
-rm -f /var/run/$DEVICE.pid
-echo "ERROR: Removed stale pid file"
-exit 1
-fi
-#
-# Success. Let pppd clean up its own junk.
-echo "PPP link to $DEVICE terminated."
-exit
-fi
-#
-# The ppp process is not running for ppp0
-echo "ERROR: PPP link is not active on $DEVICE"
-exit 1
-
-/etc/ppp/keepalive.sh
-
-
-#!/bin/sh
-# keepalive.sh
-# This is a keepalive script for the Casema cable modems. This script was
-# lifted from the /usr/doc/HOWTO/unmaintained/mini/Dynamic-IP-Hacks
-# document. There should be an entry in your crontab looking like:
-# */2 * * * * /etc/ppp/keepalive.sh
-# to run this script every 2 minutes to see if your connection is still
-# up, if not, gracefully kill the pppd process and remake it.
-# Modify paths as necessary.
-if [[ -f /var/run/ppp0.pid ]; then
-ping -c4 -l3 195.96.96.97 2b81 | grep "0 packets" b /dev/null 88 \
-{ /etc/ppp/ppp-off b /dev/null 2b81 ; sleep 2 ; /etc/ppp/ppp-on }
-else
-/etc/ppp/ppp-on
-fi
-
-/etc/resolv.conf
-
-
-search dynip.com
-nameserver 195.96.96.97
-nameserver 195.96.96.33
-
-/etc/sysconfig/network (this file applies only to
-!RedHat and Mandrake distributions, adapt accordingly for other
-distributions)
-
-
-GATEWAYDEV=ppp0
-GATEWAY=195.96.96.97
-
-I've documented some things in the files themselves. The ppp-on script
-is called during boot time from
-/etc/rc.d/init.d/ppp and the
-ppp-off script during shutdown. The
-ppp-on-dialer is called from the
-ppp-on script. The keepalive script for keeping the
-connection alive as long as the computer is on (might as well, right?)
-is called from crontab (see the keepalive file for
-details). The /etc/sysconfig/network file specifies
-the default gateway for routing. The resolv.conf
-tells the computer which IP of casema.net to send DNS queries to (this
-is pretty standard across all unixes, I believe).
-
-
-
-I've forgotten to include the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
-which should be the same as the ''!ExpressNet, Maryland'', Maryland. There's also the question of the
-ip-up, ip-down. These however,
-didn't need to be changed. I've also included the
-options.ttyS0 file, which should be in
-/etc/ppp/ppp-on. It is read by the pppd daemon as
-it logs on. There are a couple options like defaultrouteadd that should
-be on. ttyS0 is the port where you install your modem mine is on COM1 ==
-ttyS0. Change accordingly.
-
-
-
-/etc/ppp/options.ttyS0
-
-
-asyncmap
-crtscts
-defaultroute
-lock
-modem
-name cvd
-
-I received notice from Casema a couple days ago that they will be
-changing their name to wanadoo.nl. So you might, in your
-document, refer to both: "wanadoo.nl (formerly casema.net)" This will be
-happening as of Sept.
-20th.
-
-
-
-I will be happy to provide you with information and answer any more
-questions. I my explanations aren't Red Hat only. I haven't used other
-systems, so I can't judge. I hope this is useful to you.
-
-----
-!!3.19. Prime Cable Expressnet, Las Vegas, NV
-
-This information is provided by jedi
-`jedi@penguin.lcvm.comb:
-
-
-
-They use the Com21 which can either be connected directly to your
-10baseT input or inserted into the downlink input on your router. Static
-IPs are available for $10 per month and the usual address assignment is
-through DHCP ( http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html )
-
-
-
-More information can be obtained from
-http://penguin.lvcm.com.
-
-----
-!!3.20. Chello Belgium, formerly TVD, Belgium
-
-This information is provided by Pierre-Yves Keldermans
-`pykeldermans@usa.netb:
-
-
-
-At home, my cable-TV company is "TVD", it is the first company to offer
-internet on the cable in Belgium.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Hardware : !LanCity cable modem 8 10-Base-T NIC ( DLink ISA if you buy it
-from TVD )
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Config : DHCP ( http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html )
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Prices :
-
-
-
-
-
-**
-
-Cheap : for home use, real IP address but dynamic, DHCP expires every
-10 min, 1 user only (theorically ... ), no problem with firewall, the
-web server on my computer is even reachable from outside..., full speed
-FROM internet, small speed TO internet.
-
-
-**
-**
-
-Not so cheap : for small office use, same as 1) but not limited to 1
-user and more speed TO internet.
-
-
-**
-**
-
-Expensive : for WWW servers 8 ... , Static IP addresses and reserved
-bandwidth TO internet following price.
-
-
-**
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Speed :
-
-
-
-
-
-**
-
-From TVD's mirror site : up to 30Kbytes/sec, very nice ( and YES, they
-have some Linux mirrors like redhat ... :-) )
-
-
-**
-**
-
-From internet : variable but rather good if the remote server isn't
-overloaded.
-
-
-**
-
-
-*
-*
-
-For more info : http://www.chello.be and
-http://www.upcbelgium.be/.
-
-
-*
-
-Note from another user:
-
-
-
-TVD gives you an IP via DHCP and when it is activated they log the
-MAC-Address. So if you want to connect to the internet via another
-computer with another ethernetcard it won't work. You have to change your
-MAC-Address to the 1 that can connect.
-I just put somewhere in a startupscript :
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:23:56:74:25:12
-
-This was not all, TVD gives some problems with pump in !RedHat 6.2 but with
-DHCPcd 1.3 it works like a charm. (that dhcpcd is on the install cd in
-Redhat/rpms)
-
-----
-!!3.21. Telenet Vlaanderen, Belgium
-
-This information provided by Karel Goderis
-`karel.goderis@pandora.beb and Kris Carlier `kris@iguana.beb:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Operator: Telenet Vlaanderen - Operatial in flemish speaking
-(northern) part of Belgium
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Hardware: Motorola CyberSURFR Wave Cable Modem using an RJ-45 Ethernet
-straight cable to a PC
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Software: Standard config is Windoze + Modified Netscape for newbie
-installations, although Linux i386 support is there under the form of
-mirrored redhat.com software on the internal ftp servers. A dedicated linux
-newsgroup is available for support. Most users depend on ipchains/ipfwadm in
-2.2.x, or have a "Linux Router"-project implementation.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-IP Setup:
-DHCP address
-assignment, single address only. Outgoing : all
-ports accepted, except mandatory use of Netscape Proxy on port 8080, and
-thus port 80 blocked. Incoming : ports -1024 blocked, but re-allocation of
-ports on Linux works fine.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Pricing: Installation is 8000,- BFr (~200US$), warranty of 2000,- BFr for the
-cablemodem (50$). They ask 50$ for a NIC if you don't have any, which is
-of course a ripoff, as you get them almost for free if you buy a hamburger
-these days. Monthly fee still is 1500,- BFr (37,5$)
-
-
-
-Optional: Telenet Internet + : here, you can install a HUB (which they'll
-sell you for 50$ if you don't have any). This way you can hook up up to 4
-PC's to your connection. Higher installation price and about 1000,- BFr per
-PC per month extra.
-
-
-
-Telenet XL: standard, you can download up to 10 GB per month, 20% of that
-may be upload traffic. The XL costs 3500,- per month (88$), and you get
-15 GB download. 2000,- BFr (50$) per extra 5 GB.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Services: redhat.com netscape.com mirrors, quake I and II servers,
-proxy (5 NetCAcHe proxies proxy[[1-5].pandora.be:8080),
-mail relay and pop account with 10 MB mailbox (5 aliases) and the other usual stuff
-you need to survive on the net.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Caveats: Telenet states that you can download 300Mbytes/month,
-but this rule is not enforced unless there is a obvious abuse
-(i.e. you download 300Mbytes/*day* ;-) ).
-
-
-
-Till 2 weeks ago, the limits were only for external traffic. As they have
-mirrors of all kinds of things (tucows, freebsd, freethemes,
-allmacintosh, suse,...), and a proxy, the 2 GB per
-week they had before, counted only for external traffic, was OK. Now
-EVERYTHING is counted, including DHCP-traffic (30' leases), ARP, IGMP
-(they are experimenting with it so every 2' you get some traffic from
-them...)
-
-
-
-Blocked outgoing ports: apart from what Karel specified, 25 is also
-blocked, you have to use their mailserver. From time to time this beast
-seams to be pretty overloaded.
-
-
-*
-
-More info at
-http://www.pandora.be/ or
-http://www.telenet.be/.
-
-----
-!!3.22. Total-Web, United States
-
-This information is provided by iota
-`iota@inaxx.netb:
-
-
-
-I work for Convergence.com, a cable internet company who provides the
-network monitoring, technical support, and advice to cable providers (who,
-in turn, provide the internet service to their customers). Most of our
-markets are through Cablevision, one of the more popular cable providers
-in the eastern US. The service name that they operate their cable internet
-service under is "Total-Web". Customers are provided with a static IP;
-simply set this up like you would any other ethernet device under Linux.
-The modems we use are !LanCity LCP's and COM21 !ComPort's, but these devices
-should be transparent to your computer.
-
-
-
-Total-Web is available in limited areas, including: Miami Beach, FL;
-Gwinnett County and Roswell, GA; Cookeville, Lebanon, and Columbia, TN;
-and many other test markets.
-
-----
-!!3.23. !CyberCable, Paris, France
-
-This information is provided by David Monniaux:
-
-
-
-!CyberCable gives you an ethernet card if you need one. It is a cheap
-NE2000 clone, ISA-Pnp or PCI I think. They only know how to set up the
-stuff for Windows, but reports from other people say that they let you
-use their access with other systems, provided you do the software setup
-yourself.
-
-
-
-They use DHCP (DHCPcd)
-in !RedHat and it worked immediately. In !RedHat's __netcfg__,
-this means selecting "DHCP configuration". There are still some
-problems sometimes: DHCP outputs some error messages, but things still
-work afterwards generally (?). This seems related to rebooting; it looks
-like the cable system doesn't reallocate the line for one minute after
-reboot.
-
-
-
-!CyberCable's web site is at
-http://www.cybercable.fr/.
-
-----
-!!3.24. Chello (UPC) Stockholm, Sweden (formerly StjärnTV)
-
-This information is provided by
-`dinky@chello.seb:
-
-
-
-UPC are providing their customers with SURFboard SB31000 Cable Modems, and
-if needed a !NetGear Network card(ISA or PCI) can be purchased for an additional 300
-swedish crows.
-
-
-
-They offer 2 different services:
-Chello: 1 IP 512kbit downstream 128 upstream
-Chello Maestero: 4 IPs, 640kbit downstream, 128kbit upstream
-
-
-
-DHCP
-is used to configure the network interface (dhcpcd).
-
-
-
-More info about their services can be found at
-http://www.chello.se/ and
-http://www.upc.se/.
-
-----
-!!3.25. GCI.Net, Alaska
-
-This information is provided by GCI Tech Support
-`support@gci.netb:
-
-
-
-GCI provides !CableModem services in Alaska, currently in Anchorage,
-Juneau, and Fairbanks. GCI uses Com21 which can either be connected
-directly to your 10baseT input or inserted into the downlink input on
-your router. Static IPs are available for $10 per month and the usual
-address assignment is through DHCP. More
-information can be obtained from http://www.gci.net.
-
-----
-!!3.26. Saturn Communication NZ Ltd, New Zealand
-
-This information is provided by Nigel Win
-`nigelwin@the.net.nzb and David Sims
-`david.sims@paradise.net.nzb:
-
-
-
-This was tested on Debian 2.1 (Slink) Using Kernel 2..34
-and 2.2.17
-
-
-
-First of all you need to get the following information to
-fill in the gaps
-
-
-
-IPADDR -b This is the IP Address Saturn have given you
-eg IPADDR=203.79.92.214
-
-
-
-NETWORK -b This is the first 3 Decimal places of your IP
-Address and then 0 at the end
-eg NETWORK=203.79.92.
-
-
-
-BROADCAST -b This is the first 3 Decimal places of your IP
-Address and then 255 at the end
-eg BROADCAST=203.79.92.255
-
-
-
-GATEWAY -b This is the first 3 Decimal places of your IP
-Address and then 1 at the end
-eg GATEWAY=203.79.92.1
-
-
-
-Edit the file /etc/init.d/network and put this in to setup
-your cable modem.
-
-
-#! /bin/sh
-ifconfig lo 127...1
-route add -net 127...
-IPADDR=
-NETMASK=255.255.255.
-NETWORK=
-BROADCAST=
-GATEWAY=
-ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast
-${BROADCAST}
-route add -net ${NETWORK}
-[[ "${GATEWAY}" ] 88 route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
-
-This is what my /etc/init.d/network file would look like
-
-
-#! /bin/sh
-ifconfig lo 127...1
-route add -net 127...
-IPADDR=203.79.92.214
-NETMASK=255.255.255.
-NETWORK=203.79.92.
-BROADCAST=203.79.92.255
-GATEWAY=203.79.92.1
-ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast
-${BROADCAST}
-route add -net ${NETWORK}
-[[ "${GATEWAY}" ] 88 route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric
-1
-
-They use Com21 Cable Modem http://www.com21.com and
-provide free D-Link PCI or ISA network card if you require.
-The monthly fee already includes Cable Modem rental and they
-offer 2 connection speed plans ( 512k/128k and 2Mbps/256K ).
-But they charge you on how much traffic you transfer :).
-The speed is not bad since I am getting around 90K for download speed
-at peak time.
-
-
-
-Information provided by Stewart Frater
-
-
-
-For Redhat users, the suggested scripting should be added to the
-/etc/sysconfig/network file (as opposed to the /etc/init.d/network file
-as detailed). In any event, the scripted change may be checked for
-effectiveness by issuing the following command as root :
-
-
-/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup eth0
-
-A final check is to ping an external IP successfully.
-You should also expect to be able to hot-swap your cable between your
-Linux and Win boxes at will; ie. no rebooting of pc's or re-cycling of
-modems should be necessary during normal use.
-
-
-
-More info about Saturn is available at http://www.saturn.co.nz.
-
-----
-!!3.27. Chello, Netherlands
-
-This information is provided by Jaco de Groot
-`jaco@dynasol.comb:
-
-
-
-I'm from The Netherlands and use a Terayon cable modem under Red Hat
-6.. My provider is Chello. I have installation instructions in Dutch
-on my homepage
-http://www.dynasol.nl/~jaco/redhat6./install.html.
-Chello has replaced all LAN-City modem in my city with Terayon modems
-(configuration remains the same because it uses the same network
-card).
-
-
-
-If you are not using !RedHat check out the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO
-on instructions how you can get your computer to connect to Chello network.
-
-
-
-Notes from Henkjan Huisman `henkjan@m14-017.azn.nlb
-
-
-
-Got my RH6.1 box on the net by installing dhcp3.0 (
-ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-3.0b2pl6.tar.gz),
-and produce an EMPTY /etc/dhclient.conf. Change /sbin/ifup where it
-says:
-
-
-
-__ if /sbin/pump $PUMPARGS -i $DEVICE ; then__
-
-
-
-to:
-
-
-
-__ if /sbin/dhclient $DEVICE ; then__
-
-
-
-Info about Chello can be found at http://www.chello.nl/
-
-----
-!!3.28. Adelphia Powerlink, USA
-
-This information is provided by Kevin Pfohl
-`kspfohl@adelphia.netb:
-
-
-
-If you have a Adelphia service with a two way modem connection (e.g.
-you don't need a regular phone modem to dial in) all you have to do
-is install Linux and use
-DHCP
-to get your network connection going. If you have a one-way modem please
-read info on ''Adelphia Powerlink, USA''.
-
-----
-!!3.29. 21st Century Telecom, Chicago, IL, USA
-
-This information is provided by Jens B. Jorgensen
-`jjorgens@bdsinc.comb:
-
-
-
-21st Century uses a "Regular" cable modem, that is up-stream and
-down-stream are both over the cable connection. The equipment is made by
-Zenith. The installer will bring along a NIC with them, (mine was an OEM
-Intel !EtherExpress Pro 10/100) which is connected via a 10-base-T cable
-(crossover?) directly to the cable modem. All 21st Century customers are
-assigned a static IP address. Just make sure your kernel is configured
-to support this card or insmod the module for it a configure the IP.
-You'll also be provided with a gateway address which you'll need to set
-the default route to. Be mindful of the netmask (255.255..0 for me) on
-the ether interface. Also note that the cable modem seems to 'learn' the
-ethernet address of the adapter you're provided with and will only work
-wit that adapter. I don't know if reseting the cable modem would cause
-it to relearn the address or not. I didn't feel the need to try the
-cable modem with another adapter.
-
-
-
-Additional notes by Mark Howard `mark@xanderbelly.comb
-
-
-
-Please note that this service has been changed; they now only use Nortel
-cable modems and everyone is assigned a dynamic IP address now. Also, my
-Nortel cable modem does not seem to care which machine or MAC address is
-connected to it; I have set up multiple machines on it and they all
-worked fine. In fact, if you hang a hub directly off the cable modem,
-you can get multiple valid IP adresses assigned through DHCP! I
-wouldn't recommend this, however, as a long term solution. I have a RH
-box set up as a firewall doing NAT for me on the one address, and it
-works just great. This service is particularly good - I consistently get
-95-100KBps, or just about a 1Mbps rate. I also live in a coach house
-rental here in Chicago, and although they wanted to run new cable in the
-apartment, I told them to use the old cable because it was not my place.
-They said they could not guarantee that the service would work, but of
-course it does work just fine! So don't let them talk you into running
-new cable if you can avoid it.
-
-
-
-Also, if you want to set up your own web server from home, I used a great
-service called EasyDNS.com
-where you pay them $25 per year per domain and you can control your
-DNS settings (even SOA, TTL, etc...) 24/7/265 through a web based
-(PHP no less) interface. So if I ever need to reboot
-my Linux box (which I never do really) I can go in and update the IP
-address that my web server www.xanderbelly.com and mail server
-
-
-
-Additional notes:
-
-
-
-The terms and conditions of 21st Century cable modem contains the
-following statement:
-
-
-
-Distributing unsolicited information in any manner is prohibited on 21st
-Century's network and will result in termination of 21st Century
-service. (I.e. junk email, etc...) Any use of a server type application
-or service on a computer system connected to 21st Century Cable Modem
-Service is prohibited and may result in termination of 21st Century
-Cable Modem Service (i.e. web, ftp, or game servers, etc...). 21st
-Century Cable Modem Service is for client type applications ONLY.
-
-
-
-Also, technically, each additional dynamic IP address beyond the first
-one carries a $4.95 monthly charge.
-
-----
-!!3.30. HTVi, Helsinki, Finland
-
-This information is provided by Markku Immonen
-`wired.poet@sci.fib:
-
-
-
-HTV is the local cable TV company. Their Internet product is called
-HTVi. They issue a Motorola CYBERSURFR Wave cable modem for all
-customers. It plugs into an ethernet card using a 10BaseT (RJ-45) cable.
-Customers have two options:
-DHCP
-or a static IP address. The DHCP
-(dynamic IP address) option is 50 Finnish marks cheaper; in October 1999
-the prices were 245 FIM per month for a dynamic address and 295 FIM for
-a static one.
-
-
-
-I opted for a static IP. Configuration was incredibly easy. They give
-you a couple of info brochures which contain the necessary IP and
-networking information.
-
-
-
-About speed: it varies but is generally acceptable, from 30 kbytes/sec
-to 200 kbytes/sec. Your best bet is the early morning hours. The fastest
-download speed so far was 470 kbytes/sec from a Finnish Linuxberg
-mirror.
-
-
-
-More information about HTVi can be found at
-http://www.htvi.net/.
-
-----
-!!3.31. Garden State Cable, New Jersey
-
-This information is provided by Denis Voitenko
-`denis@o3m.comb:
-
-
-
-In New Jersey Garden State Cable offers @Home. They give you a 3Com CMX
-series cable modem and a SMC PCI NIC with the DIGITAL chip. It works just
-perfect with the Tulip driver. They assign static IP addresses.
-
-
-
-One more interesting thing. Unlike in most places, upstream speed is not
-limited to 128kbs.
-
-
-
-Garden State cable web pages are located at
-http://www.gardenstatecable.com/.
-
-----
-!!3.32. Zoom Internet, Butler County, PA
-
-This information is provided by Jim Garrison
-`garrison@olga.netb:
-
-
-
-Zoom internet http://www.zoominternet.net/
-is a cable ISP. They provide a Bay Networks cable modem, which connects
-to a 10-Base-T ethernet card. The only thing required to set it up is
-to enable DHCP.
-
-
-
-Note: They provide the cable modem, but you must have your ethernet
-card working properly with
-DHCP
-before the installation guys come.
-
-----
-!!3.33. Charter Pipeline
-
-This information is provided by Chris Weiss
-`chris@free-source.comb:
-
-
-
-Charter gave me a 3Com cable modem that uses DHCP. I
-simply followed the
-DHCP
-mini-HOWTO and my 256Kbps connection was running at over 350Kbps!
-
-----
-!!3.34. Netcabo, TV Cabo, Portugal
-
-This information is provided by Marco Soeima
-`msoeima@netcabo.ptb:
-
-
-
-It's a Portuguese ISP and it's available through TV Cabo.
-The hardware consists of a !RealTek ethernet card (just use the rtl8139.o module)
-and a 3Com U.S. Robotics CMX cable modem. The only thing required to get one's
-cable access up and running is configure the ethernet card and install
-DHCP.
-After that it works like a charm!
-
-
-
-More information about Netcabo can be found at
-http://www.netcabo.pt.
-
-----
-!!3.35. Supercable, Spain
-
-This information is provided by Mario Galan
-`galan@arquired.esb:
-
-
-
-The setup isn't so much different than other Cable providers. They offer a
-SMC (I think) network card but you can use yours if you want. They then
-install a cable modem made by com21 (http://www.com21.com). IP setup is
-easy since it uses DHCP so I don't think you should have any problems
-under a modern linux distribution.
-
-
-
-For more information check out Mario's web page at
-http://www.supercable.es/%7Egabu/.
-
-
-
-Last thing worth to be said is that Supercable doesn't provide support
-for Linux but you can always ask your questions in news.supercable.es in
-the Linux area. Their web page is located at http://www.supercable.es/
-(WARNING: get
-ready to download an almost 1MB of useless Macromedia's Flash garbage).
-
-----
-!!3.36. NTL, United Kingdom
-
-This information is provided by cogNiTioN `cog-cablemodem@cognite.netb:
-
-
-
-This assumes that you've spoken to NTL, you have the cable modem, the
-cable line installed and your network card installed and recognised. You
-should also have you MAC address registered with NTL.
-(NTL contact: http://www.ntl.com/cablemodems/)
-
-
-
-Now all you have to do is connect your cable modem to your network card
-and run the DHCP client. I've found that you have to specify the username
-you supplied during the registration process, on the command line: e.g.
-root # dhcpcd -h cognition
-(substitute cognition for your user name.). For any other problems with
-DHCP please check out the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO.
-
-
-
-I've also found that occasionally the 3COM CMX modem used needs to be
-rebooted (power off, press the reset button on the back, power on) if left
-connected 24/7.
-
-
-
-Nameservers used by NTL are: 194.168.4.100 and 194.168.8.100, so those
-should be added to your /etc/resolv.conf.
-
-
-
-I've found NTL's tech support to be close to useless, most the time and
-they don't officially support Linux, so you're probably better off
-contacting your local LUG (http://www.lug.org.uk/ ),
-or you could even try
-mailing me direct (but I don't promise to be able to respond).
-
-----
-!!3.37. Virtua, São Paulo, Brazil
-
-This information is provided by Thiago Macieira `thiagom@mail.comb:
-
-
-
-IP is assigned dynamically via DHCP. Just run dhcpcd or pump to get
-the IP and you're done. For more detailed instructions on how to get DHCP running
-read the
-DHCP mini-HOWTO.
-
-
-
-Notes: operator blocks incoming connections to ports below 1024
-
-----
-!!3.38. Hathway, Bombay, India
-
-This information is provided by Rishi Gangoly `rishi@w-o-i.comb:
-
-
-
-The tech support guys at Hathway were not Linux Savvy at all, but I must say
-were quite helpful. They even referred me to another customer who got Linux to
-work with it. However, that person was only able to get it to work on Linux as a
-stand-alone workstation and not as a gateway (as a router) for his entire
-network.
-
-
-
-Since I was not even able to get it to work as a stand-alone workstation I knew
-I had a long way to go. The Windows 98 Workstation configuration was a Celeron
-Workstation and it had a
-10/100 D-Link Lan Card Chipset RTL 8139 . The IP address was manually entered,
-so I knew that there was no DHCP Client required etc.
-
-
-
-Even the DNS and Gateway address was manually entered.
-
-
-
-I was able to do a ping without any problem in Windows to any site and things
-were just happening. However, I had no luck with it in Linux. I installed Linux
-on the same machine (Dual Boot) to make sure there was any Hardware
-compatibility problems.
-
-
-
-I even got the workstation to hook up on the LAN successfully in Linux. So I
-knew that the Lan Card was working.
-
-
-
-I noticed that when I connected the Cable Modem to the LAN card I was not able
-to see any of the Link LED light up on the LAN Card. So I figured that could be
-part of the problem. I booted the PC in DOS and ran the DIAG DOS based utility
-to check the configuration of the Card. I just decided to take a chance and
-re-configured the LAN Card. I configured it to operate in 10 MBPS Half Duplex
-Mode instead of Auto Sense.
-
-
-
-.......... Guess what..... The problem got solved ;-)
-
-
-
-Even the lights (LED Link indicators) started to work, so all was good. ;-)
-At the end of everything it all worked out. I plugged that lan card into the
-linux server (since I knew it worked) and got it to work as a router / gateway
-too. I still wonder why the other customer was not able to get the Linux Box to work
-as a gateway for the rest of his network. That was no big deal at all. It just
-worked. The Cable Modem that was used (provided by Hathway) was a !SurfBoard 3100
-
-----
-!!3.39. Siti Cable, Bangalore, India
-
-This information is provided by Vinay Avasthi `vinay@avasthi.comb:
-
-
-
-Zee Telefilms has partnered with Siti Cable in Bangalore, India to
-provide cable modem service. I subscribed to this service and it kind of
-worked out of the box from linux.
-
-
-
-I am using Redhat 6.1 on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Xircom Realport
-Ethernet card. On autodetect links mentions that the card will be used
-in 10MB/s only.
-
-
-
-Only problem that I faced was on shutdown, the system will hang while
-shutting down pump. To temporarily fix the problem I just put that
-particular like in rc-scripts to background.
-
-
-
-The steps that one needs to perform are as follows.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
- - Need to have an ethernet card that works with Linux.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-- Enable DHCP by using pump. For some reason dhcpd does not seem to
-work.
-
-
-*
-
-Only thing that I would suggest is to be careful regarding support since
-the tech support do not seem to know much about software.
-
-----
-!!3.40. Com Hem, Sweden
-
-This information is provided by Zoltan Arpadffy `arpadffy@altavista.netb:
-
-
-
-com hem http://www.comhem.se/
-is a Swedish cable TV/Internet provider, a sub-company
-of Telia http://www.telia.com/
-the biggest Scandinavian carrier.
-com hem does not support any other OS but Windows and Mac-OS (as com hem support
-claims ), but it is not so complicate to set up on Linux as well.
-
-
-
-com hem sells !NetGame's cable modem (!NeMo)
-http://www.ngcable.com/nemo.shtml.
-It is a very fast and flexible 2-way cable modem with initial speed of 512 kb/s but it can be set
-up to 10Mb/s by the cable provider. You can order it with or without Ethernet card.
-com hem Internet service is available in the bigger cities all over Sweden.
-
-----
-!3.40.1. 1. Setting up a single node
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-set up your network card to work properly
-(Ethernet HOWTO)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-configure DHCP to that card (DHCP mini-HOWTO)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-try to ping login1.telia.com (10...6)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-you need a browser what supports Java-script (Netscape or Mozilla) and go to the login
-site http://login1.telia.com/
-
-
-*
-*
-
-- fill in your user-name and password (provided by com hem) ... and you're there.
-
-
-*
-Network what you'd become a member is:
-IP address: Assigned by com hem
-Subnet mask: 255.255.255.
-Default GW: Assigned by com hem
-Hostname: Assigned by com hem
-Domain name: telia.com
-Primary DNS server (nameserver): 10...1
-Secondary DNS server (nameserver): 10...2----
-!3.40.2. 2. Connecting your home LAN (if you have more than one machine)
-
-We have to turn one computer to gateway (I did it with an old Pentium 66MHz/16M)
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-install two network cards in your gateway
-NET3-4 HOWTO
-
-
-*
-*
-
-first set up (and connect) to your LAN
-
-
-*
-*
-
-second network card have to use DHCP
-(DHCP mini-HOWTO)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-enable ip forwarding
-
-net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf or
-set FORWARD_IPV4 to true in /etc/sysconfig/network (!RedHat or Mandrake) or by
-echo "1" b /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
-
-
-*
-*
-
-set up IP masquerade
-(IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO)
-
-ipchains -P forward DENY
-ipchains -A forward -s your_network_here/24 -j MASQ
-(for me it was ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.10./24 -j MASQ)
-check your routing table with route command... it should be something like below:
-
-Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
-gate.polarfox.h * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
-telia-net * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
-polarfox-net * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
-127...0 * 255...0 U 0 0 0 lo
-default h2n5fdt22o429.t ...0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
-Useful literature for security issues is
-Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO
-
-
-*
-*
-
-configure default gateway for all other hosts in your LAN.
-On unix nodes it should look something like:
-
-Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
-sea.polarfox.ho * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
-polarfox-net * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
-127...0 * 255...0 U 0 0 0 lo
-default gate.polarfox.h ...0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
-Default gateway setup for other OSs you can find a very nice description in IP
-Masquerade mini-HOWTO
-
-
-*
-*
-
-configure name server on your gateway DNS HOWTO or just set up your hosts to use
-Telia's name server (10...1)
-
-
-*
-*
-
-log in from any host http://login1.telia.com/
-and you're on the road with all your LAN.
-
-
-*
-
-----
-!3.40.3. You from the internet
-
-There are no limitations in traffic, protocols or ports so far from
-com hem side, So you can easily set up your web, irc or ftp server at
-home or in the office. But is very uncomfortable to use URL like
-http://h2n5fdt22o429.telia.com. You probably need a new usable domain
-name, but there is a problem with DHCP. Anyhow there is one solution.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Find one independent DNS server
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Buy your desired domain name
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Set up the DNS server as a forwarder to you DHCP address
-
-
-*
-
-if the DNS server is running on Unix probably add to /etc/named.conf
-
-
-zone "private.net"{
-type forward;
-forward only;
-forwarders{
-YOUR.DHCP.ADDRESS;
-};
-};
-
-Set up your own DNS server to be master for your domain
-
-
-zone "private.net"{
-type master;
-file "private.net-ZONE-FILE";
-notify no;
-};
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-Edit the zone file as it has been written in DNS-HOWTO
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Add your name server to etc/resolv.conf
-
-
-*
-search private.net telia.com
-nameserver 127...1
-nameserver 10...1
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-... and your domain is alive
-
-
-*
-*
-
-If your IP address is changing it is enough to re-set the forwarder
-DNS server and after few hours your server will be visible as usual, so far you are
-keeping your line alive
-
-
-*----
-!3.40.4. Problems:
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-If you don't use browser with Java-script support, you can not log in.
-Solution: there is no elegant solution. Without it you can not log in and open the
-connection.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-After some network inactivity period (10-15 minutes) your connection will be
-terminated and you have to log in again... meanwhile your gateway and all your inner
-services will be unreachable from outside as well (if you're running some web server
-at home etc).
-Solution: start one ping process or even more elegant solution is to submit one cron
-job for every 5-10 minutes on the gateway, to "do something" through the network.
-
-
-
-I did it with /etc/cron.d/keep-alive file when contains:
-
-
-# fake connection in order to keep line alive
-# every 5 minutes send some packages
-MAILTO=""
-*/5 * * * * ping -f -c 5 ftp.sunet.se
-*
-*
-
-Security: your computer or whole LAN is on the Internet now without
-any protection against attacks from outside.
-
-
-
-Solution: [[]Security-HOWTO can help you to set up your system quite
-safe. This is an important issue, you should not just bypass it.
-Your gateway should be your firewall as well.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Applications: If you have LAN at home you have to face IP masquerade
-problem with some applications as ftp, irc, Quake or !RealAudio.
-
-
-
-Solution: You have to load necessary modules for proper work.
-
-
-/sbin/depmod -a
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_autofw
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_mfw
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_user
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_portfw
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_vdolive
-/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake
-*
-*
-
-DNS problem: Periodically DHCP configuration of your network
-interface will be reload (pumpd) and it will overwrite your
-own DNS setup in /etc/resolv.conf. To avoid this behavior of pump
-daemon add to /etc/pump.conf file:
-
-
-device eth1 {
-nodns
-}
-*
-*
-
-Windows install: even if you are running Windows on your computer,
-DO NOT install com hem from the provided CD, because the configuration
-on Internet Explorer are permanent and even the com hem support can
-not help you to de-install :-). The problem is not serious, but you
-have to dig deep with regedit.
-
-
-
-Solution: In control panel/network set up your network card to
-and eventually DNS server to 10...1. Reboot (as usual) and log in.
-It's so easy without any complications.
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Cable modem: You have to be aware that your cable modem is a peripheral
-of your computer and not a standalone network unit. So you should not
-expect that your network will survive the "modem reboot". The order is
-always: first modem and after the computer. Note: if the modem is on,
-you may reboot or switch off/on your computer without any problem.
-
-
-*----
-!!3.41. !SwissOnLine !HiSpeed Internet, Switzerland
-
-This information is provided by Nick Barnes `nick@debau.chb:
-
-
-
-This assumes that you have registered (either on-line or via snail
-mail) with !SwissOnLine and you have received your cable modem, have
-plugged it in and ensured that it boots correctly as per the
-installation instructions.
-
-
-
-At the time of speaking, !SwissOnLine !HiSpeed provide COM-21 modems
-(http://www.com21.com) complete with two different kinds of Antanae
-leads and an antenna splitter.
-
-
-
-You will require a standard 10BaseT ethernet cable to plug the modem
-into either a network card installed in a PC or the uplink port of a
-10BaseT hub. To plug the modem into a normal hub port, you will
-require a crossover cable.
-
-
-
-All information is provided to the host via DHCP, with no special
-parameters needed in the call. The modem is not locked down by MAC
-address.
-
-
-
-Providing it is not rebooted, the modem appears to grant the same IP
-address to the host. While this is not guaranteed with anything other
-than the static IP address option on the business account, I have not
-seen my address change in the time I have had the modem.
-
-
-
-Be wary of any device on your local ethernet which makes DHCP
-requests. The modem is not fussy which devices it allocates addresses
-to and it appears to offer the same IP address to _any_ machine which
-makes a DHCP request.
-
-
-
-!SwissOnLine do not support Linux directly, but they are aware of its
-existance!
-
-
-
-Notes from Thomas Holenstein `thomas@hex.chb
-
-
-
-I had problems installing my cable modem as well under Linux and under
-Win98, because the DHCP server of swiss online did not to respond.
-If you encounter similar problems, you may want call the hotline (0848
-852 800). Hold the MAC number of your modem ready if you call, you
-can find it at the bottom of the modem. If you are only using linux,
-it might prove difficult to convince the hotline people you did things
-right. It was difficult with windows already. Be sure you get a
-number for your problem (Bearbeitungsnummer).
-
-
-
-If you want to analyze the problems you may install a network sniffer:
-ethereal is available for
-linux and for windows. In my case, I saw that I was sending bootp
-packages to swissonline but did not receive bootp packages from them.
-However, I could get other packets.
-
-
-
-Notes from Stefan Buckmann for !SuSe users:
-
-
-
-I use SuSE Linux (currently 7.1). I have had difficulties getting an IP address
-using the supplied version of dhclient (2.0pl5-4). Suggestion for SuSE users
-setting up a cable account with Swissonline : Get the latest release of ISC
-DHCP (currently V3.0b2pl23), compile it and replace /sbin/dhclient with the
-freshly compiled one. This solved the problems immediately.
-
-----
-!!3.42. Liwest, Austria
-
-Information provided by Bernd Haug `haug@liwest.atb:
-
-
-
- I'm connected through an Austrian cable provider called Liwest.
-The support eMail is `helpdesk@liwest.atb, the homepage is
-http://www.liwest.at/.
-
-
-
-The modem is a Terayon, the box gets connected via TP cable.
-The modem works great with my ethernet hardware (3com 905b, vortex
-driver) as well under Linux as under Windows. Macs are supported, too.
-
-
-
-None of my Friends, who use very various hardware and/or OS(versions)
-have any problems with incompatibilities.
-
-
-
-The configuration is done manually (no DHCP, but it's *really* easy
-since the information sheets are very compact 8 informative), customers
-get fixed IPs and DNS entries.
-Running servers over the cable line is forbidden, no firewall, but ports
-80, 21 usw are scanned on a regular base.
-
-
-
-Use of bandwidth is limited neither in volume nor in time.
-
-
-
-The provider had great availability problems a while ago, but they seem
-more or less fixed now; I am content with the Service.
-Transfers go up to ~30k (intercontinental, too).
-
-
-
-Please contact Bernd if you have additional questions. He has kindly
-agreed to provide assistance to any current or new Linux user.
-
-----
-!!3.43. Blueyonder from Telewest, United Kingdom
-
-Information provided by Mike Watson `mike@prog99.comb:
-
-
-
-Plugged in the ethernet card, booted up and turned on
-DHCP.
-
-
-
-Worked first time!! Nameservers were added to resolve.conf so I had to
-do very little other than follow the home networking howto to get the
-IP masquerading working.
-
-
-
-They also dont mind people running masq'd connections or linux but
-will only support a win9x setup. But when it was this easy....
-
-----
-!!3.44. !CableNet, Colombia
-
-Information provide by Marco Muskus `muskus@gamebox.netb:
-
-
-
-!CableNet uses !CyberSurf from Motorola, and a 3Com 905 10Base-T
-Ethernet NIC. Set up is mostly done using
-DHCP
-but some people also receive static IPs.
-
-----
-!!3.45. Brutele, Belgium
-
-Information provided by Fabrice Timmermans `Fabrice.Timmermans@ITSoftware.beb:
-
-
-
-Operator: BRUTELE - covers part of Brussels and South of Belgium
-
-
-
-Hardware: Teraillon Cable Modem using an RJ-45 Ethernet straight cable to a
-PC
-
-
-
-Software: Standard config is Windows, although Linux i386 support is there
-under the form of mirrored Linuxberg on the internal servers.
-
-
-
-IP Setup: DHCP
-address assignment, single address only. More available depending on subscription mode.
-
-
-
-Pricing: one-off installation : BF 2500 (+-$ 85) + BF 5000 ($175) deposit
-for the cable modem. Monthly fee : BF 1500 ($40) + Modem loan BF 500 (12$)
-
-
-
-Services: Tucows and Linuxberg mirrors, quake I and II servers, proxy, mail
-relay and pop account (3 aliases) and the other usual stuff you need to
-survive on the net.
-
-
-
-More info at http://www.brutele.be/.
-
-----
-!!3.46. Optus @Home, Australia
-
-Information provided by Simon Butcher `pickle@alien.net.aub:
-
-
-
-For Optus @Home here in Australia (Competitor to Telstra Bigpond) -
-Originally they used to be running some sort of really weird DHCP server,
-so a mate of mine hacked a DHCP client and got it running, but recently
-they've fixed their problems and ordinary dhcpcd will run fine off the
-shelf. The trick is that Optus use your "Client ID" for authentication.
-Your client id is also your hostname, and if you're already running
-windows, your computer name. If your computer name is CO3012345-A then
-that's your hostname, and therefore your client id.
-
-
-
-You feed dhcpcd this information and everything should run perfectly
-__dhcpcd -H CO3012345-A eth1__.
-
-
-
-Alternatively if you would like to use pump check out the notes of user in
-Mobile, Alabama.
-
-
-
-A word of warning though, Optus are very strict on running servers on
-their network, so before you connect linux up to Optus @Home, firewall
-your computer or disable running daemons.
-
-
-
-Optus supplies a !SurfBoard SB3100 cable modem and a network card. Don't say
-you've already got a NIC as they will insist you use it and not give you the
-freebie. I got an SMC EZ-10 PCMCIA card.
-
-----
-!!3.47. Destiny Cable, Philippines
-
-Information provided by Juan Paolo L. Carballo `jplcarballo@mydestiny.netb:
-
-
-
-It used to be just for our capital Manila, but has lately
-expanded to the province of Cebu as well. There are only three of us
-Destiny Cable subscribers in our local LUG and so far, no one yet in the province.
-Destiny Cable is not the first to offer cable internet services but
-is the cheapest, considering that they give a free cable TV feed in addition
-to unlimited Internet access. Unlike other cable internet providers, they have Linux
-as an OS option to choose when you fill up their application form.
-
-
-
-There have two subscription options:
-
-
-
-
-1. Residential
-Modem: Motorola Cybersurfer Wave
-NIC: Any
-Connection: Dynamic IP - DHCP (DHCP mini-HOWTO)
-* Free cable tv feed upon subscription.
-* Free first 200 feet of cable from service point to your PC.
-* Option to rent, lease-to-own or buy the cable modem.
-* Minimum of one year subscription contract.
-
-2. Corporate
-Modem: No information but definitely not Motorola Cybersurfer
-NIC: Any
-Connection: Static IP
-
-
-
-Destiny requires you to buy and install your own NIC/Lan card
-*before* they will setup your service line.
-In my case, I bought a Linksys etherfast 10/100 LNE100TX ver. 2.0 PnP
-card and installed it in my Mandrake 7.1 (helium) box using the
-tulip.c driver, version .91g. The NIC was recognized
-as: Lite-On PNIC-II rev 37 at 0x6200, IRQ 10. When the linemen arrive,
-they will bring with them only the cable modem, aside from the cable line to your pc.
-The coaxial cable plugs into the modem from the data splitter on the
-main line, which it shares with the cable TV.
-A 10BaseT Ethernet cable with RJ-45 jacks is included with the cable
-modem. One end plugs into the cable modem and the other end into the
-ethernet card. Finally, there are six LEDS, one each for POWER, CABLE, PC, TEST, RD
-and TD. Once the power cycle has been completed, the POWER, CABLE and PC
-LEDS should be on and not blinking. The TEST LED may light up for a few
-seconds but this should pass. When a connection is stable, the TEST LED is
-OFF and the RD "Receive" LED will blink every once in a while. The TD
-"Transmit" LED will of course light up when you send data.
-
-----
-!!3.48. Retecal, Spain
-
-Information provided by David Grajal Blanco `picholas@wanadoo.esb:
-
-
-
-Retecal www.retecal.es
-offers a PCI network card NE2000 compatible
-[[Realtek 8129/8139 card] that is supported very well in Linux. Of course
-you can use any card if you want.
-
-
-
-The cablemodem is made by Com21 [[www.com21.com] and retecal have a dhcp
-server so it's easy to configure on a linux-box.
-
-
-
-Of course, if you ask retecal about some support for Linux they cannot help
-you. But in case of problems you can ask in the private news [[news.retecal.es] in the
-linux group, or if you want, you can ask in the local lug [[www.augcyl.org].
-
-
-
-Retecal uses a proxy that caches all the traffic but it works on transparent
-mode, so is unneccesary to configure.
-
-
-
-Ah, retecal only works on a region of spain named "Castilla y Leon", and
-Supercable, that is other
-ISP provider only works in "Andalucia"
-
-----
-!!3.49. Netvisao, Portugal
-
-Information provided by Bruno Guerreiro `bruno dot guerreiro at ine dot ptb:
-
-
-
-At home i've signed up with Netvisao, which is part of Cabovisao, a cable TV
-Operator in Portugal.
-Their site is at http://www.netvisao.pt
-They have several packages with diferent bandwidth limits, that go from
-128Kbps to 512Kbps. I think they´re thinking about going to increase speeds up
-to 2 Mbps, but there isn't much information about that The card they supplied
-is a generic ne2k PCI, with DHCP assigned IP, which almost never changes :-).
-The out-of-the-box installation of Linux worked perfectly.
-I'm capable of running FTP , HTTP, IMAP, POP3 servers, with no problem at
-all.No problems with Telnet or SSH either.
-
-----
-!!3.50. Longview Cable - Cablelynx
-
-Information provided by John Jeffers:
-
-
-
-Cablelynx.com is a consortium of smaller cable systems that have recently
-gone on line in the Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma area.
-
-
-
-Primarily they use DOCSIS 1.1 and up compliant cable modems such as a
-Terayon LJ110. Currently they are configured like the ATT cable system.
-
-
-
-The computer is provisioned with Ethernet and
-DHCP
-is selected a host name
-is presented. The cable modem returns hostname.cablelynx.com and locks
-into the initial MAC address. The user then enters all his particulars
-including credit card from a Web Browser. DHCP is renewed to a different
-IP and full access is obtained. The only method to add different equipment
-is to spoof the MAC address per the AT8T entry or to leave the equipment on
-and configured and phone technical support and point out that you have
-changed computers in which case tech support will make the modem change
-authorized MAC address/es.
-
-
-
-I should point out that these providers are amongst the first to provide a
-pure DOCSIS network (i.e. completely standardized) that will allow users to
-buy any DOCSIS compliant modem and log it into the network with no contact
-other than the initial webform with the cable company.
-
-
-
-I will also point out that in Beta Site it was discovered that although
-this will work most of the time a many homes have too many or very poor
-splitters in line that will not give adequate bidirectional signal strength
-to the cable modem that will result in the Cable LED flashing in and out to
-indicate this.
-
-----
-!!3.51. Soon Communications Plc, Finland
-
-Information provided by Edvard Majakari `ed@krypton.mikroneuvos.fib:
-
-
-
-Soon Communications Plc is an ISP located in Tampere, Finland
-(former Tampere Telephone Plc). Soon provides cable modem services
-for its customers, though as of this writing (9th of May, 2001) only some
-of the regions in Tampere are covered by the cable modem service.
-
-
-
-Package offered by soon contains the cable modem (Cool alien-like
-thingamajick design, manufactured by 3Com), ethernet cable, USB cable (in
-Windows, you can connect the modem directly via USB cable), coaxial cable
-splitter (so that you can use your TV and modem at the same time, even if
-you have only one socket in the wall) and some Windows software I haven't
-used, as I use it with Linux. Soon doesn't offer Linux support for the
-modem, but because of the system they use (client acquires IP addresses by
-DHCP) it can be used with Linux, or actually any machine capable of
-fetching network information via
-DHCP),
-because of the ethernet interface
-provided by the cable modem.
-
-
-
-Installing and using the modem in Debian GNU/Linux is very simple. You
-should first make sure that your network adapter is supported and
-installed in your kernel (if you are unsure, type dmesg|grep eth0 in
-command line and you should see a line saying eth0: (device information)
-etc). Also make sure that CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are defined in
-your kernel configuration, for DHCP won't work without these.
-
-
-
-After that, you might use eg. apt to install dhcp-client:
-
-
-root@bespin # apt-get install dhcp-client
-
-If I remember correctly, after installing the client apt launches it right
-over, and you should now be connected to the net. You can use - of course
-- manual method of stopping, starting and restarting the client via
-script /etc/init.d/dhcp-client.
-
-----
-!!3.52. !InstaNet, Oregon
-
-Information provided by Tucker !McLean `tucker@noodleroni.comb
-
-
-
-I have some info for you on my cable ISP (!InstaNet). I don't have any idea if
-just my cable company (in Bend, Oregon) does this service, but here goes. The
-dynamic IP is assigned via DHCP. They supplied me with a Motorola SURFboard
-modem. I couldn't figure out how I'm supposed to get a pair of name servers
-assigned to me, so I just typed in the IP's of some name servers. The
-technician that came to my house was afraid of Linux, or something, and almost
-didn't put in the RF cable for me. He did, and it works fine. I also have a 486
-as a router so I don't have to pay $10.95 /month for my 2 other computers to
-guarantee them an IP address. Hope this is helpful.
-
-----
-!!!4. Hybrid Cable modem ISPs
-
- If you think you have the card recognized you have to now look at the
-entry for your ISP. I have sorted the information according to a
-provider because setups are mostly ISP specific.
-
-
-
-This section is for people who are using so-called "hybrid" cable
-modems. Hybrid modems are modems that need two hookups (connections),
-one to the (TV) cable and one to the phone line. TV cable is used for
-downloading while phone line is used for uploading.
-
-----
-!!4.1. Adelphia Powerlink, USA
-
-Instructions on how to get your Adelphia Powerlink hybrid modem
-running under Linux can be found at http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/
-
-----
-!!4.2. !LinkExpress, Brasil
-
-This information is provided by Rodrigo Severo
-`rodrigo@who.netb:
-
-
-
-First of all, let me tell you that here we have the MMD Cable Modem
-from General Instrument. We use !SurfBoard 1000 ISA board for download
-and a regular telephone modem for upload. I would prefer to use an
-external board like the !SurfBoard 1200 which is available only to
-corporate users, i.e., willing to pay US$ 200,00 instead of the regular
-US$ 30,00 so I found out this driver for the internal ISA board.
-For home users, Linkexpress (my ISP) just installs and supports
-the internal ISA board - Surfboard 1000. If you want to use it, you
-have to install Windows 95/98 on your computer and let the guy
-from Linkexpress install the equipment. After that, make your
-Linux installation as you like.
-
-
-
-I started from the files I downloaded from
-http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/.
-
-
-
-Here is the relevant data:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-ISP: !LinkExpress http://www.linkexpress.com.br
-
-
-*
-*
-
-DNS: 200.252.88.20
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Frequency: 351 MHz
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Phone number: 321 3300
-
-
-*
-*
-
-City: Brasilia
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Province: Distrito Federal
-
-
-*
-*
-
-Upload speed: regular 33.6K (just the download goes through the
-cable modem)
-
-
-*
-
-During a download from a local tucows mirror I got 70KB~300KB per
-second. From distant sites I managed to get 30KB/s a few times.
-
-
-
-More information about !LinkExpress can be found at
-http://www.linkexpress.com.br/.
-
-----
-!!4.3. !ExpressNet, Maryland
-
-I recently accuired an expressnet cable modem for the maryland area.
-it is a com21 one way modem and I had a hell a time making it work so id like
-to share my knowledge in your faq maybe? well heres what I learned
-inorder for the PPP connection to authenticate the user must be running PAP
-which consists of editing the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
-file accordingly:
-
-
-#/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
-#this is the PAP secrets file for PPP
-#the quotes are required on both
-"username" * "password"
-
-after that they must create a PPP-on script what ever name
-it must execute this command:
-
-
-exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug persist /dev/ttyS1 38400 ...:...0 connect "chat -v TIMEOUT 3 ABORT 'BUSY' ABORT 'NOANSWER' '' ATH TIMEOUT 30 'OK' ATDTTELEPHONE CONNECT ''"
-
-this must be done with no carrage returns either
-
-
-
-next step is to modify the /etc/ppp/ip-up.local
-file if it does not exist it should be created it should read the
-following:
-
-
-#!/bin/bash
-#/etc/ppp/ip-up.local
-#this will set up the route to the ppp device as default everytime the modem
-#authenticates dont include it if you do not want this option
-route add default ppp0
-
-then the user must configure their ethernet card on box I have a 3c905.
-
-
-
-I configured it the following way:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-ifconfig eth0 10...1 broadcast 10...15 netmask 255.255.255.240
-
-then I added some more routes to the kernel routing table as follows:
-
-
-route add -host 10...1 eth0
-route add -net 10...0 eth0
-
-all of these commands can be added into a script file as follows
-
-
-#!/bin/bash
-#This is a script file for establishing the cable modem IF device properties as
-#well as the route properties
-ifconfig eth0 up
-ifconfig eth0 10...1 broadcast 10...15 netmask 255.255.255.240
-route add -host 10...1 eth0
-route add -net 10...0 eth0
-
-thats all and the cable modem connection is setup fast as hell I might add.
-
-
-
-Contributors:
-Chris `chris@wrm.grdn.netb and Mike Milbert
-`mike@milbert.comb.
-
-----
-!!4.4. Charter Pipeline, Riverside, CA
-
-
-This information is provided by Gabriel Peters
-`gpx1@earthlink.netb:
-
-
-
-(I have Charter Pipeline, Powered by Earthlink, Riverside, CA)
-The modem is a Com21 ComPORT 2000.. connected to the computer via
-10 BaseT ethernet cable to a Linksys 10/100 ethernet card
-(Cable modem, ethernet cabling, and ethernet card supplied)
-The ethernet card driver that I had to compile into the kernel
-was for the DEC Tulip. auto-detected the card and set it up nicely.
-
-
-
-This is the information I needed:
-
-
-eth0 IP address - 10...1
-DNS Servers - 207.217.126.81, 207.217.120.83
-Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.240
-Gateway: None
-Your hostname should be CBL-(your username).hs.earthlink.net
-
-Then you need to configure PPP to dial up your access number as normal..
-What I had to do to get it to work was this: I typed __ifconfig
-eth0 down__ to shutdown the ethernet, __ppp-go__
-to dial in, once it reported my IP addresses, i typed __ifconfig
-eth0 up__ and voila, it worked perfectly.
-
-
-
-Editor's comment:
-
-
-
-Each time PPP link is brought up or down pppd executes scripts
-/etc/ppp/ip-up (link up) and
-/etc/ppp/ip-down (link down) so in order to
-have Ethernet network go up and down with PPP link simply add:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-
-before exit 0 statement in
-/etc/ppp/ip-up and ifconfig eth0
-down in ip-down.
-
-----
-!!4.5. Chambers Cable, Chico, CA / Fundy Cable, New Brunswick
-
-This information is provided by Brian Moore `bem@cmc.netb:
-
-
-
-For those using Chambers Cable in Chico, CA, the product is the
-Scientific Atlanta data Xcellerator(tm) modem. Mike Cumings of Cal
-State University wrote a nifty driver for it, available at
-http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~mcumings/cablemodem/.
-This should also work for others using the same modem, such as Fundy
-Cable of New Brunswick. If you encounter problems compiling the client
-program from the above address try a client provided by Timothy Legge
-`tlegge@fundy.netb at http://user.fundy.net/tlegge/DataX/cable0.99-1.tar.gz
-
-----
-!!4.6. Smyrna Cable, Atlanta, GA
-
-This information is provided by Blake Sorensen
-`librarian@unseen.netb:
-
-
-
-I have Smyrna Connect, supported by Smyrna Cable in Atlanta, GA. They
-are currently (June, 1999) using half-duplex but are scheduled to have
-full-duplex within six months. The Cable Modem is a !ComPort Com21.
-Here is the configuration stuff I needed to get my linux box running as
-my dialup.
-
-
-
-My eth0 device is a 3com ISA card set to IP 10...1, Bcast 10...255,
-Mask 255.255.255..
-
-
-
-
-The machine is set to the hostname Smyrna418.smyrnacable.net where
-Smyrna418 is my username. I don't think this is that important, but I
-haven't fiddled with it to see if it will still work once I change the
-hostname.
-
-
-
-My modem is an external 56K X2 US Robotics on /dev/ttyS0.
-
-
-
-I also have eth1 (a DEC tulip based pci card) set
-up as 192.168..1 as the gateway for the rest of my network to
-masquerade behind.
-
-
-
-Smyrna Connect does not give you DNS info for the cablemodem
-since you are supposed to use the Windows PPP feature of using the
-default DNS for the server you dial in to. However, they do have one
-that works at 209.116.152.252.
-
-
-
-I use a ppp connection script to dial in, but the guts of it is this:
-
-
-/usr/sbin/pppd modem /dev/ttyS0 persist mru 1000 asyncmap 0 \
--detach crtscts user Smyrna??? defaultroute connect '/usr/sbin/chat \
-ABORT BUSY ABORT ERROR "" ATZ OK ATDT7704365664 CONNECT' \
-57600 ...:...0 8
-
-I keep the persist in there since Smyrna Connect has a habit of dropping
-the connection every once in awhile, and this way it automatically dials
-back in. You will need to replace the Smyrna??? in the above command
-with your own username and put the line:
-
-
-Smyrna??? Smyrna??? password
-
-in the file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
-
-----
-!!4.7. Amnet de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
-
-This information is provided by
-Roberto Salvatierra `chuby@internettico.comb:
-
-
-
-Ok to set up a Hybrid cable modem conection using Costa Rica's Amnet
-Provider is not all that hard ( once you get the hang of it ) is like
-the other providers that use com21 modems, but with some minor diferences.
-
-
-
-My Hardware is:
-
-
-!CableModem: Com21 !ComPort 1000
-Modem : Rockwell 56k
-Ethernet : Ne2k PCI clone
-Machine : i386
-Os : Debian 2.1
-Kernel : either a 2.2.x or a 2.3.x*
-
-The first thing I did was disable my whole networking system, mainly because
-i had a real mess on my routing tables, hosts, and resolv.conf files
-( I was using several ISP's and an intranet ) so I opted for this
-but that was just me, I even stopped lo so I started with a clean config.
-
-
-
-okey first of all if you have a dual system ( win/linux ) make sure the
-system is working under windows, that way we can make sure everything is up
-and running, after that, reboot to linux**.
-
-
-
-If you don't have a dual system I found something interesting that MIGHT
-help you state if the cablemodem and the eth card are functional, first, type
-this on your system:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-ifconfig eth0 10...1 netmask 255.255.255.240
-route add -host 10...1 eth0
-
-after that look in your system log files for pings from
-10...4 ( I have no idea why but this machine keeps "pinging" my box ,I
-asked amnet's help desk what was this all about, and they didn't give me an
-answer I guess they do It to check the network integrity) well anyhow, if you
-get this pings means that amnet connection is working okey.
-
-
-
-well after we have stated that the cable modem is up and running the rest is
-quite easy.
-
-
-
-if you did the above step now lets bring eth0 down ( __ifconfig
-eth0 down__ )
-
-
-
-first lets place amnet's DNS where it sould be in
-/etc/resolv.conf so we need to add this:
-
-
-search amnet.co.cr
-nameserver 196.40.3.10
-
-okey now we need a ppp script for the modem
-
-
-
-this one works: ( we all use the same username "amnet" and password
-"conexion" so for this to work just cut and paste)
-
-
-exec /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 ...:...0 debug user amnet
-defaultroute connect "chat -v TIMEOUT 60 ABORT 'BUSY' ABORT 'NOANSWER' ''
-ATH TIMEOUT 60 'OK' ATDT2969130 CONNECT ''"
-
-amnet uses PAP (password authentication protocol) to authenticate users
-so we need to add a line to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets:
-
-
-"amnet" * "conexion"
-
-okey now you need to bring ppp up so just run that script to check that it
-works type: __ifconfig__, now you should have something like this:
-
-
-ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
-inet addr:196.40.3.177 P-t-P:196.40.30.114 Mask:255.255.255.255
-UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
-RX packets:7 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
-TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:
-Collisions:
-
-__Important: __make sure at this point that you do not have eth0 up or it WILL NOT WORK
-
-
-
-okey after you have this working type this:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-ifconfig eth0 10...1 netmask 255.255.255.240
-route add -host 10...1 eth0
-
-now type __ifconfig__ you should have something like this:
-
-
-eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:61:7C:F0
-inet addr:10...1 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.240
-UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
-RX packets:5594 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:
-TX packets:241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:
-Collisions:
-Interrupt:11 Base address:0xde00
-ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
-inet addr:196.40.3.142 P-t-P:196.40.30.114 Mask:255.255.255.255
-UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
-RX packets:7 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:
-TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:
-Collisions:
-
-and voila , your conection is up and running !!
-
-
-
-some tips:
-
-
-
-when you are not connected your eth should be DOWN
-activate eth only AFTER ppp is running OR IT WILL NOT WORK.
-
-
-
-To make this you can add the eth up and down scripts to
-/etc/ppp/ip-up and
-/etc/ppp/ip-down scripts ( on debian just place them
-on /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and
-/etc/ppp/ip-down.d )
-
-
-
-ip-up should contain this:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-ifconfig eth0 10...1 netmask 255.255.255.240
-route add -host 10...1 eth0
-
-and ip-down this:
-
-
-ifconfig eth0 down
-
-now
here is a WORKING route table that might help you troubleshooting the
-system: ( my HOSTN = hostname )
-
-
-Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
-Iface
-HOSTN.amnet.co. * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
-196.40.30.114 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
-HOSTN.amnet.co. * 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0
-default 196.40.30.114 ...0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
-
-Relevant Information:
-
-
-DNS : 196.40.3.10
------ eth0 -----
-IP : 10...1
-!NetMask : 255.255.255.240
-Bcast : 10.255.255.255
-Gateway : NONE
------ ppp ------
-IP : 196.40.X.X (Dhcp Pool)
-!NetMask : 255.255.255.255
-Bcast : Unknown
-Gateway : Self Default
-
-that's all folks !!
-
-
-
-if you need this in spanish look for it in: http://www.internetTICO.com/cablemodem.html
-
-
-
-Questions/comments: `chuby@internettico.comb. Please use the subject CABLEMODEM or I will not answer.
-
-
-
-Biography: Linux Cable Modem mini-how-to Chapter: Hybrid cable modems
-sections, 4.2 and 4.4
-
-
-
-* about using 2.3.x kernels, this are unstable as anyone knows but I found
-that the performace with this kernel and amnet is LOUSY ( like a 14K modem )
-I DO NOT RECOMEND USING IT, but anyhow if you do use it and you get that
-your machine does not have ppp do not panic just upgrade your pppd program,
-2.3.x kernels use a split async sync interface so pppd ` 2.3.10 will NOT
-work.
-
-
-
-** sometimes when I'm using the cable modem on windows and I reboot to
-linux the modem gets "stupid" so I need to turn off the modem, the machine,
-then turn on the modem and restart the machine after that it always work. I
-have no Idea why this happens but I'm guessing that the ethernet card has
-a different hardware address on windows and linux (wierd) and that the modem
-keeps this config on an memory, and that it needs to be cleand up for it to
-work, so if it was working on windows and you are not getting even a ping
-on linux try this.
-
-
-
-More info about Amnet can be obtained at http://www.amnet.co.cr/.
-
-----
-!!4.8. Prime Cable, Chicago, IL
-
-This information is provided by Eric Agnew
-`agnew@goku.dyndns.orgb:
-
-
-
-I just got a hybrid com21 setup w/ Prime Cable in Chicago, and I have a
-very important addition that will save other users (particularly debian
-users w/ newer kernels) a LOT of grief:
-
-
-
-When I initially set everything up, I was able to establish the ppp
-connection just fine, but the only things coming back over eth1 were
-broadcast packets from an internal (10...x) network. After 3 weeks of
-extreme frustration, I finally found the solution in the kernel docs under
-Documentation/networking/README.sb1000:
-
-
-
- Solution -- As root type:
-
-
-echo 0 b /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/cm0/rp_filter'
-
-so it can share the same IP address as the ppp0 interface.
-
-
-
-The boot-time script that sets this normally on debian systems is in
-/etc/init.d/networking, in the 'spoofprotect_rp_filter' function. I simply
-added 'echo 0 b /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/rp_filter' after it had done
-everything else. To be sure, I also added it to a script I added to
-/etc/ppp/ip-up.d that brought eth1 up if I was using the cable connection
-(as opposed to my other straight-ppp connection).
-
-----
-!!4.9. Millennium Digital Media, Maryland
-
-This information is provided by Mike Miller
-`!CableModem@mikemiller.netb:
-
-
-
-I live in Maryland (Anne Arundel County) where my cable
-company is Millennium Digital Media (
-http://millenniumdigitalmd.com/
-),
-which offers Cable Modem service from Cablespeed (
-http://cablespeed.com/
-).
-Since most areas aren't currently upgraded to 2-way digital service,
-for now they're giving us a General Instruments SURFboard SB2100D
-external (hybrid) cable modem (which includes a 33.6 modem), so you plug
-the cable and phone line right into the cable modem -- no need to use
-your own modem or set up ppp or anything. The modem uses DHCP to
-determine all the settings and connect to the network, so all I have
-to do it switch on the modem and it automatically dials up and connects
-to the network. To get Linux working, all I had to do was load and configure
-dhcpd (or dhcp-client). Since I'm using Debian, all I ran was:
-
-
- apt-get install dhcp-client
-
-and voila! I was on the net.
-
-
-
-If you're running something other than Debian, please read
-DHCP mini-HOWTO at
-http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html.
-
-----
-!!4.10. Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC), South Carolina
-
-This information is provided by Ryan T Rhea `rhear@ruby.winthrop.edub:
-
-
-
-Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC) offer hybid
-cable modem access through a partnership with the Info Avenue ISP. The
-cable modem is built by Hybrid, and offers high bandwidth downstream
-over the cable line (I've seen 900+ kpbs), and upstream over the builtin
-modem (around 33.6 kbps). The cable modem connects to an ethernet
-10baseT card and a regular phone line. The cable modem acts as a router
-from your machine to the internet.
-
-
-
-RHTC and FMTC 's tech support is performed by Info Avenue, and they
-offer no support for Linux whatsover. They were unable to provide any
-help or documentation regarding Linux and cable modems. Luckily, I was
-aware through my initial Win NT setup (as I looked over the tech's
-shoulder) that DHCP
-was used to assign IP addresses and
-DNS information. What I had to learn the hard way was that the cable
-modem apparently relies on the MAC address of the NIC that it is
-originally installed on. In otherwords, when I went to move the cable
-modem from my NT machine (which was using a proxy server and a second
-NIC to share internet access) to my new Linux firewall, I had to move
-the NIC into the new Linux computer. Without the same NIC, the network
-link light on the back of the cable modem will never come on, and the
-modem will not communicate with your computer at all. I assume if you
-bought a new computer with a new NIC, you could call RHTC or FMTC and
-ask them to update your MAC, however, they would probably not know what
-you were talking about, and want to send a technician. When the
-technician gets there, expect "we do not support Linux" to be the first
-words out of his mouth.
-
-
-
-Anyway, after installing the original NIC (which probably won't be a
-problem for most of you, because you only have 1 NIC in your computer -
-which the tech setup under Windows), all I had to do was configure
-DHCP. Considering my NIC was already working under Linux, my Mandrake
-Linux distribution made this especially easy. I just type 'netconf',
-then choose 'Basic Host Information', then enable DHCP for the NIC in
-question (in my case 'Adapter 1'). The program should restart the
-device for you, if not, you may need to reboot, or manually restart the
-device with ifconfig.
-
-
-
-If you have trouble with DHCP you could check out
-DHCP mini-HOWTO
.
+Describe
[HowToCableModem
] here.
