Time Warner's RoadRunner Cable modem in Memphis (and
other areas probably) with Linux-Mandrake 6.1 HOWTO
Most of this HOWTO should work in any city with RoadRunner
or any cable modem (maybe even DSL) but I have not tested it outside of Memphis,
TN.
What you'll need:
-
Linux-Mandrake 6.1 installed
-
dhcpcd (installed by Linux-Mandrake)
-
rrlogin.c
(only if you're using RoadRunner in Memphis and maybe other area's)
-
dhcp server ip address and default gateway ip address
(I'll explain how to get these in a minute).
Time Warner supplies you with a 3com 905b card when they do the install, you
will need to load its driver at boot. You can do this by hand every time you
boot at a terminal by typing: modprobe 3c59x ,or the easier way
we'll add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit . If you are using a different network
card you will need to load the appropriate module for it.
Before you start dhcpcd you need to link /etc/dhcpc to
/etc/dhcpcd by typing at the terming: cd /etc;ln -s dhcpcd dhcpc
,through 2 installations of Linux-Mandrake 6.1 myself it hasn't created this
directory for some reason (or either they made a typo, and the dhcpcd-ethx.info
can't be wrote to).
Next we need to start the Dhcp client daemon, you can
do this at the terminal by simply typing dhcpcd , but we'll add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
also.
If you never turn your computer off for more than an hour at a time you probably
won't have to ever authenticate yourself with RoadRunner again, but if you
do shutdown your computer often you will need to do one of two things:
-
boot up another operating system and use a TimeWarner
supported login program, then reboot to linux
or the preferred way
-
download rrlogin.c and use
it to login. You will need to edit it before you can compile and use it. You
will need to get the address of your dhcp server and default gateway in one
of two ways:
-
boot up another operating system and run the
program: winipcfg
- open up /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info (if you have
more than one ethernet card in you computer this file may be named something
different eg: dhcpcd-eth1.info), take note DHCPSIADDR and GATEWAY. Open up
rrlogin.c and edit the lines at the top:
#define AUTHHOST "" // fill in dhcp server here
#define PROXYHOST "" // fill in gateway here
you should have something like:
#define AUTHHOST "172.16.0.185"
#define PROXYHOST "24.95.100.1"
Okay now we need to compile rrlogin.c by typing the following command at a
terminal: gcc rrlogin.c -o rrlogin ,and now move it to somewhere
like '/sbin' by typing: mv rrlogin /sbin/.
Now we'll create a password file to save us from typing in our login and
password every time, you will NEED to put it somewhere SECURE so that nobody
will be able to read it. A good place for this is in '/root/.rrlogin'. Create
the file '/root/.rrlogin' and put your login name on the first line, and
password on the second line and save it.
Now to login at a terminal type: rrlogin /root/.rrlogin 1>/dev/null
2>/dev/null ,or we can just add it to 'rc.sysinit' to make life
easier.
Okay now you should be able to get online fine.
** Note that this should work for any glibc based GNU/Linux,
or any Unix for that matter.
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Ivan J. Wagner adds this
comment aboutPPPOE:
My local phone company, Bell Atlantic, switched from
using static IP addresses for ADSL service to this new protocol called "PPP
over Ethernet (pppoe)". This PPPOE protocol means that you can no longer just
plug in your DSL modem and go, you now have to install some drivers which
are only available for Windows and Mac. SUSE has a page (in English, TB)
with info and links to various GNU/Linux PPPOE implementations. Many xDSL
providers are apparently switching to PPPOE and it can be found not only
in the U.S. but in Canada and Germany and probably lots of other places as
well.
If you are considering getting xDSL it is very important
that you get an EXTERNAL DSL modem, there is no known support for internal
modems nor is anybody believed to be writing any.
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Todd VanDen Broecke describes
the setup procedure for the @home-network
in Ontario, Canada (edited):
You can connect to rogers one of two ways, Static and
DHCP. I chose Static!
To do this you need to know all necessary info from rogers,
such as
- Your IP-Number
- Gateway (GWAY)
- DNS server addresses
- the subdomain (BIG MUST) eg: lndn1.on.wave.home.ca
- the control number (starts with cr and ends with -a
eg: cr1234567-a)
- the HTTP proxy address
[...] Once you have this info, you can set it up as if
it were a network.
First make sure your network card is recognized by your
system at boot-up. If you missed this type dmesg at the console.
You should see something like this:
N*000 ethercard probed at 0x340: 00 54 67 4c b6 8c
eth0: NE2000 found at: 0x340 using IRQ 10
If not, read up on your NIC and the HOWTOs for networking.
Also make sure your NIC is assigned and not using PnP mode.
Once you have the network up, then goto your netconf
or netcfg. One or the other will do!
I used 'netcfg' and I will use that as the example.
Please note, this is only an example and that these entries
really don't exist!
Under Names:
Hostname: cr1234567-a -->the Control
number
Domain: city.on.wave.home.com --> subdomain
Search for Hostnames in additional Domains:
(nothing)
Nameservers: 24.111.180.13 --> Primary DNS
24.111.180.14 --> Secondry DNS
Under Hosts:
Click 'add' then enter:
IP: 24.111.180.13 --> Primary DNS
Name: city.on.wave.home.com --> subdomain
Nicknames: (nothing)
Under Interfaces: (click 'add' or 'edit
eth0')
IP: 24.112.111.1 --> your IP address
(assigned by rogers)
Netmask: 255.255.255.224 -- also assigned by
rogers
Under Routing:
Default Gateway: 24.114.190.113 --> Gway
Default Gateway Device: eth0
(click 'add')
Device: eth0
network: 24.112.111.1 --> your IP
Netmask: 255.255.255.224
Gateway: 24.114.190.113
OK, now you should be ready to test it! At this point
I restarted GNU/Linux (have to install another NIC).
Goto the console and type ping 24.111.180.13
to see if your can find the DNS server. Then try to ping www.netscape.com
to see if you can resolve names.
Thetas it!!! The rest of the setup is exactly the same
as a WinDOZE setup, in Netscape.
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