[SWLUG] NTL Cable modem

[Frank smith]

 Hi I use NTL and have done for years.
Just set DHCP on your Linux box and it should be ok.
You may have to power down the modem for about 5 mins
and then reboot to access the system, rock solid once its working.

Cheers
Bob





















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> Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2005 10:53:28 +0000
> From: Marcus Davage <marcusdavage at onetel.com>
> Subject: [SWLUG] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install
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> Hi, all.
> 
> I'm trying to convert a friend, who's built his own PC, from XP to Linux. So
> far, his experience with installing Mandrake 10.0 (the only version I had to
> lend him) has been good, except that he says he can't connect to the internet.
> He has an NTL cable modem. I've never had a problem downloading support for my
> ISA linmodem, but he's not a techie, and I've never used cable modems before.
> I'm trying hard to prevent him from crossing over to the dark side, but he
> thinks he needs XP to access the net. I thought the Mandrake installation
> wizard detected modems like that, but I doesn't think it has.
> 
> Can anyone who has experience please suggest some questions/solutions I can
> ask/recommend to him?
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> Thanks very much.
> 
> Marcus
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> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:04:48 +0000
> From: Keith Edmunds <keith at midnighthax.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install
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> On Mon,  7 Mar 2005 10:53:28 +0000
> Marcus Davage <marcusdavage at onetel.com> wrote:
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> > Can anyone who has experience please suggest some questions/solutions I
> > can ask/recommend to him?
> 
> Unless I'm mistaken, the NTL cable modem simply provides an Ethernet
> connection locally so all he needs to do is ensure that the default gateway
> on the Linux system is correct. Does the modem provide a DHCP service (most
> do)? Some pinging and examination of "ip route" and "ipconfig" should point
> the way here.
> 
> Keith
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:19:23 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Steve Hill <steve at nexusuk.org>
> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install
> To: Marcus Davage <marcusdavage at onetel.com>
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> > He has an NTL cable modem. I've never had a problem downloading support for 
> > my
> > ISA linmodem, but he's not a techie, and I've never used cable modems before.
> 
> NTL cable modems have a USB port and an ethernet port - using USB is a bad 
> idea at the best of times and of course ethernet is fully supported under 
> linux.  ISTR that you just need a dhcp client running on your linux 
> machine and it should Just Work.
> 
> (And if he's using USB at the moment then he can easilly switch to 
> ethernet - cheapo realtek-based ethernet cards are under a fiver these 
> days.)
> 
>   - Steve       Jabber: steve at nexusuk.org     Web: http://www.nexusuk.org/
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