Lost my cable modem setup guide.. =(

[nerrollus]

Awhile back I found this REALLY great cable modem setup guide for RedHat 7.1. The really important part of that guide was it talked about editing a file and adding your computer name. For some reason that was the only guide I could find that talked about that, and it's the only one that has ever worked. =/

Does anyone have a good cable modem setup guide that has worked for them?

[toolshed]

what do u want to setup...1 cpu ...a gateway...need info

[nerrollus]

Just setting up my one workstation for now.

Later on I'm going have to setup a WinXP box on the cable modem, then network my Linux box into it. Not looking forward to that one.. =/

[nerrollus]

I think I found what I needed.. I'm going to have to wait till I get home to see if it works, but if anyone else is having the same problem or is looking for the same info.

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

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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 ...
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and change it to

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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.)

[m3rlin]

Well, if you are connecting with cable modem to internet, that means that your ISP have a DHCP server, so the only thing you have to do is to check if you have the dhcpclient installed and with root simply type "dhcpclient eth0" (or the device your using)

[toolshed]

getting xp to talk to red hat was about the simplest thing i have done in linux....using samba.....


my only problem is that it takes forever for the xp to load on linux....


smaba and xp..real easy (http://linuxgod.windowsxp.nu/Samba.html)

that was a link to an easy page....if u want to do it the easy way....or u can do it the harder way which isnt to much harder, but i forgot that link