kungfooya Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I am thinking of getting cable internet acces at home and was wondering if anyone here has it as well. Are their cable modems compatible in mandrake? I called them and tried getting manufacturer/model info on their modems but they had no idea what they were. Also, if they are compatible, how hard is it to get setup? They told me it should work, but they wouldn't support it. Thanks for any info. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I use Road Runner and I have a cable modem. It was simply a matter of attaching the cable, plugging in the modem and then connecting the jack to the modem. Nothing to configure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 sweet, thanks for the fast reply. Do you know what type of modems they typically use? Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 For user feedback on various broadband providers and their equipment (including RoadRunner), see http://www.broadbandreports.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I have a Toshiba but whenever I call in they ask which one I'm using so they obviously have more than one type. And even tho they don't support Linux I've never had a problem getting help when there was a problem with the modem or my connection. Forgot to add that you will have to go into MCC and use the internet connection wizard and set it up to use DHCP. But that's really easy to do and the wizard walks you right thru the steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 nice! I have ordered the service and will check back next week when I get it. Thanks again for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I had rr for about 2 years. When the installer comes to your house be sure to tell him/her you want ethernet not usb. They have modems that are usb only now, so that is important. If usb works at all, which I doubt, you will have no trouble at all with ethernet. You also do not need to install any aditional software crap they offer for windows, if you have windows. So if you don't want it tell the installer. Also, if you have win, don't expect the installer to know how to get it working I ended up having to show my installer how on win2k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurfahBoy808 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I use road runner and have a Toshiba PCX2500 cable modem. I don't think that cable modems should be a problem in Linux because it's just Ethernet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschwenke Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Really area and time dependant. In my area (SW Ohio) they use: Motorola Surfboard's (has USP and Ethernet) Wireless, they use some company that everyone broadcasts 2wire as the SSID, nobody protected... VoIP, they are using another Motorola product. I have their hardware, but am connected to Earthlink as an ISP and it is $10 cheaper since I don't have cable. If I had cable, it would still be $5 cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 ok, the service is set up, but i'm having problems in mandrake. I have a D-LINK DGE-530T ethernet card, and mandrake recognises it. When I go through the network setup stuff it says everything went fine. I then launch opera, but get nothing. What could I have done wrong? It's working fine in win2000, now I just need to get it going here. Thanks for any info! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 open a terminal (may need to be root) and see what the command; route says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Here is what I get after route..... [root@localhost jason]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo [root@localhost jason]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) edit: it was working, sort of. everytime I would restart my system, i would have to create a new connection to the net. Is this right? Shouldn't it be on all the time. Anyways, I think I hosed my system so i have to reinstall sunday night. I'll be back then with more questions i'm sure. Its working now, I guess. During the network setup I chose a 'cable' connection and it wouldn't work. This time I chose an 'adsl' conection and it seems to be working now. Is there a reason it worked with asdl vs. cable? Edited November 4, 2005 by kungfooya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 cable connection should work. you'll notice in your route command output that there is not an eth0. There needs to be an eth0 and it needs to be the gateway. If you are doing a reinstall, choose cable connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfooya Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 ok, I reinstalled 2005 and it detected my ethernet card and connection without me having to do anything. Its all working great now, I just wish I could have gotten it set up without having to reinstall. Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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