[SWLUG] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9

Mon Mar 7 18:53:30 UTC 2005

I have a NTL cable modem its an NTLhome 100.

I have had it connected to the net with Mandrake 10 but I dont like that
operating system I prefere SUSE, it Mandrake seemed to find and connect no
problem (makes a change) but I am running it connected to a 10/100 ethernet
card which it seems may make a difference reading the other posts.

Suggest getting a card they are not expensive, as they are it seems faster
than the USB connection from what I have been told.

SUSE 9 , 9.1 & 9.2have had no problem connecting at all, I suggest you nip
down to WH Smiths and grab the Latest Linux mag they have the full Suse 9.2
on the coverdisk, it went on no problems for me.

Alun

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> 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?
>
> 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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> 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>
> Cc: discuss at swlug.org.uk
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> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Marcus Davage wrote:
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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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>       Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence
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