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Re: [Plug] redhat, linksys, and suburban@home :-(
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I didn't see all of your message, but I'm not using ppp at all, in fact, I
deleted ppp0, im just using eth0
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Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> Hi Michelle,
>
> As I was reading your message I became confused. Are you trying to use
> one box with a cable modem and connect another box to it through the
> ethernet?
>
> If this is the case, have you set up named on the box that has the cable
> modem and use that as a name server for your private network? Please
> read the networking howto on how to make the forwarders and everything
> else work. Also, check your /etc/resolv.conf and your /etc/hosts file.
>
> Can you ping the isp from the box that does not have the cable modem?
>
> I hope that this helps :-)
>
> Michelle Weber wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I am having a slight problem with my redhat 6.0 box, with a linksys
> > card, and my freshly installed suburban@home cable modem.
> > If anyone has any ideas on what might be wrong, I would definitely try
> > anything at this point.
> > Suburban won't really help me because I'm using linux, and they say they
> > can ping my modem, just not my ip.
> > What I have set up is redhat 6.0 box, with a 2.2.10 kernel i just
> > compiled. I compiled in support for my ethernet card, which is really
> > just a ne2000 pci compatible card. A friend of mine uses comcast@home,
> > with redhat 6.0, and the same exact nic card I have. (In fact, I set up
> > that machine myself, and compiled a kernel similar to mine, which works
> > fine, I'm using the box right now)
> > I set everything up using netconf, I put in my host name, domain name,
> > name servers, netmask, picked eth0 for the device, and the default
> > gateway, all as they appear on the little config sheet, and I've checked
>
>
> Don't you want the default gateway to be the isp box that you are
> connecting to through the cable modem? In the /etc/ppp/options file can
> make this happen automatically when you fire up pppd
>
>
>
> > many many many times to make sure everything is entered correctly in here.
> > When the machine starts up, I see it find the ethernet card, when lo, and
> > eth0 start up they say "OK". When I do a /sbin/ifconfig, the card and
> > localhost are there, when I do a /sbin/route, everything looks normal,
> > when I look at /proc/interrupts there are no conflicts.
> > I can ping localhost, and my own ip, but I can't ping anywhere else, not
> > even the gateway. I can ping the gateway from here though, so I know it's
> > up. I know data is being sent out, the little lights on the card and the
> > modem blink, and the cable light is steady, which means I should have a
> > connection, yet nothing seems to work.
>
> have you tried to see what tpcd -i ppp0 to see the activity going across
> the modem?
>
> > The only suggestions I've gotten so far are the ethernet cable, I tried
> > both the one that came with the card, and the one that Suburban cable
> > provided me, and the other is that the card is bad.
> > Can anyone think of anything else other than the card is bad?
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Michelle Weber
> > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
> >
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