* dhcp help requested
@ Scott Howell
` John covici
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 19+ messages in thread
From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Hello Speakup friends,
Well I'm temporarly using my work E-mail address until I get my cable
connection working. Therefore I have a question regarding the Debian Potato
installation. I'm using the disks off the ftp site and from what I can tell
I get to the point where I'm to configure the network, but I'm having some
problems. I have a cable connection whcih uses dhcp and from what the cable
company tellss me they don't support anything but windows, but well gee
does this surprise anyone, however, there are folks using Linux with their
service. This leads me to believe their dhcp implementation is normal so
all should work.
I have a 3com card its an older isa 10mbps model that uses the 503 driver.
When the module was installed there were no errors and if you type ifconfig
it gives me some basic info about the card like the irq and so on. Of
course it does not provide any ip or other info as one hasn't been assigned
to it. So I let the installer run pump to obtain the ip address and so on
automatically and it returns a message after about 20 seconds or so stating
the configuration failed. I can't get any useful information as to why it
failed. I tried running pump by hand to see if anything of value would come
from it and yet nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions I might try? It
appears as far as I can determine that the cable connection is working or
so all the lights on the cable modem would indicate this and the network
card worked fine previously in this box when I had dsl.
tia
Scott
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread* dhcp help requested dhcp help requested Scott Howell @ ` John covici ` Scott Howell ` Kenny Hitt ` Kenny Hitt ` Guy Abandon. 2 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: John covici @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? -- John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` John covici @ ` Scott Howell ` Kenny Hitt ` Kenny Hitt 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Ay John, I used the woody disks that Frank cooked up and had the same results. Gene said there was something incorrect with the woody disks and he suggested I use the Potato disks. Oddly enough I got the same error from the woody disks,b ut I don't think pump was the program on the disk. I actually couldn't figure out what was being used, but to find out I'll have to start over. Why is this so damned difficult. Scott At 08:44 AM 9/24/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of >dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe >had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > >-- > John Covici > covici@ccs.covici.com > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Scott Howell @ ` Kenny Hitt 0 siblings, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi. The Woody disks on the speakup sight don't have the corect kernel config to use DHCP. If you need DHCP for the install, you will have to use the Potato disks. There have been some people working on updating the Woody disks, but I haven't seen anything about it lately. Kenny On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 10:31:26AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Ay John, > > I used the woody disks that Frank cooked up and had the same results. Gene > said there was something incorrect with the woody disks and he suggested I > use the Potato disks. Oddly enough I got the same error from the woody > disks,b ut I don't think pump was the program on the disk. I actually > couldn't figure out what was being used, but to find out I'll have to start > over. Why is this so damned difficult. > > Scott > > At 08:44 AM 9/24/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > >dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > >had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > >-- > > John Covici > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` John covici ` Scott Howell @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Igor Gueths 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. Kenny On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > -- > John Covici > covici@ccs.covici.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Igor Gueths ` Alex Snow ` Kenny Hitt 0 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Igor Gueths @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would get around to doing so... On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > Kenny > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > -- > > John Covici > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Igor Gueths @ ` Alex Snow ` Ameer Armaly ` Kenny Hitt 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I had tried to update those disks back when I upgraded debian but found I didn't have the time to devote to it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@comcast.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > get around to doing so... > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > John Covici > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Alex Snow @ ` Ameer Armaly ` Patrick Turnage ` Alex Snow 0 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Ameer Armaly @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I could probably do it. What would I need to do; just make a new kernel? What kinds of stuff is recommended to put in a kernel for this kind of thing? Ameer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > I had tried to update those disks back when I upgraded debian but found I > didn't have the time to devote to it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@comcast.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > > > > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > > get around to doing so... > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > John Covici > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Ameer Armaly @ ` Patrick Turnage ` Alex Snow 1 sibling, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Patrick Turnage @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hello Is there away to shut up speakup with kernel version 2.6.0 test5? What do I need to configure for standard keyboard support? Sincerely, Patrick ----- Patrick Turnage PAC Mate Gear CoWebmaster E-mail: patrick@pacmategear.com patrickt@tampabay.rr.com Web Site http://www.pacmategear.com For All Things PAC Mate Home Page http://www.access-connect.com Connecting the World to Access Technology Information AOL Instant Messenger: kg4dqk MSN Messenger: turnagep@hotmail.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Ameer Armaly ` Patrick Turnage @ ` Alex Snow 1 sibling, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup You probably should look at the config for the current debian disks. that should give you some idea of what to put in there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ameer Armaly" <Ameer_Armaly@hotmail.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > I could probably do it. > What would I need to do; just make a new kernel? > What kinds of stuff is recommended to put in a kernel for this kind of > thing? > > Ameer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > > > > I had tried to update those disks back when I upgraded debian but found I > > didn't have the time to devote to it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@comcast.net> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:04 PM > > Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > > > > > > > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to > a > > > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I > would > > > get around to doing so... > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > John Covici > > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Igor Gueths ` Alex Snow @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Igor Gueths 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Wrong! The 2.4x kernel floppy needs to be fixed. Look before you type. Kenny On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:04:23PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > get around to doing so... > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > John Covici > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Igor Gueths ` Ameer Armaly ` Kenny Hitt 0 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Igor Gueths @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Kenny, I was refering to the original Woody disks that had the 2.2.x kernel. On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Wrong! The 2.4x kernel floppy needs to be fixed. Look before you type. > > Kenny > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:04:23PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > > get around to doing so... > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > John Covici > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Igor Gueths @ ` Ameer Armaly ` Kenny Hitt 1 sibling, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Ameer Armaly @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup What does everyone think of using 2.2.25, and just using oldconfig for the old potato 2.2.18 disks, since I've heard they work great. I'll probably fill the kernel a bit more, or do you guys think modules are more appropriate. Ameer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@comcast.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: Re: dhcp help requested > Kenny, I was refering to the original Woody disks that had the 2.2.x > kernel. > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Wrong! The 2.4x kernel floppy needs to be fixed. Look before you type. > > > > Kenny > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:04:23PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > > > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > > > get around to doing so... > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > John Covici > > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Igor Gueths ` Ameer Armaly @ ` Kenny Hitt 1 sibling, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup There are Debian Woody boot floppies with 2.2 kernels, but the speakup Woody floppies have always used a 2.4 kernel. Kenny On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 05:10:04PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Kenny, I was refering to the original Woody disks that had the 2.2.x > kernel. > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Wrong! The 2.4x kernel floppy needs to be fixed. Look before you type. > > > > Kenny > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:04:23PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > In this case what has to be done is that the kernel has to be updated to a > > > 2.4.x release, possibly 2.4.22. I could do it, but don't know when I would > > > get around to doing so... > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, John. The Woody disks have definite problems with DHCP. If I > > > > remember corectly, the only option during the install of Potato is to > > > > use pump. Woody switched to using dhcclient, but the kernel config on > > > > the speakup Woody disks isn't setup for DHCP. > > > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:44:19AM -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > > Maybe you should use one of the other dhcp clients -- I know of > > > > > dhcpcd and there is another one, but if I remember correctly potatoe > > > > > had dhcp problems -- hhow about woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > John Covici > > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested dhcp help requested Scott Howell ` John covici @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Scott Howell ` Guy Abandon. 2 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, Scott. In my area, Comcast uses client identifier instead of the MAC address of the network card to get an IP. Comcast tech support calls it "your computer name." This isn't the host name of your system, it's a string sent by your DHCP client. It's been a long time since I used them, so I'm not completely sure, but I don't think pump would let me send the string. Dhclient and dhcpcd did work for me. Good luck and hope this helps. Kenny On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:39:53AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Hello Speakup friends, > > Well I'm temporarly using my work E-mail address until I get my cable > connection working. Therefore I have a question regarding the Debian Potato > installation. I'm using the disks off the ftp site and from what I can tell > I get to the point where I'm to configure the network, but I'm having some > problems. I have a cable connection whcih uses dhcp and from what the cable > company tellss me they don't support anything but windows, but well gee > does this surprise anyone, however, there are folks using Linux with their > service. This leads me to believe their dhcp implementation is normal so > all should work. > I have a 3com card its an older isa 10mbps model that uses the 503 driver. > When the module was installed there were no errors and if you type ifconfig > it gives me some basic info about the card like the irq and so on. Of > course it does not provide any ip or other info as one hasn't been assigned > to it. So I let the installer run pump to obtain the ip address and so on > automatically and it returns a message after about 20 seconds or so stating > the configuration failed. I can't get any useful information as to why it > failed. I tried running pump by hand to see if anything of value would come > from it and yet nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions I might try? It > appears as far as I can determine that the cable connection is working or > so all the lights on the cable modem would indicate this and the network > card worked fine previously in this box when I had dsl. > > tia > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Scott Howell ` Scott Howell 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Ay Kenny, Adelphia apparently uses the mac address of the cable modem. I need to check to be sure they got that and if this is the case I then probably should make sure I know what is to be transmitted if anything. Thanks for the tip. Scott At 09:26 AM 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, Scott. In my area, Comcast uses client identifier instead of the MAC >address of the network card to get an IP. Comcast tech support calls it >"your computer name." This isn't the host name of your system, it's a >string sent by your DHCP client. It's been a long time since I used >them, so I'm not completely sure, but I don't think pump would let me >send the string. Dhclient and dhcpcd did work for me. > >Good luck and hope this helps. > Kenny > >On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:39:53AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > > Hello Speakup friends, > > > > Well I'm temporarly using my work E-mail address until I get my cable > > connection working. Therefore I have a question regarding the Debian > Potato > > installation. I'm using the disks off the ftp site and from what I can > tell > > I get to the point where I'm to configure the network, but I'm having some > > problems. I have a cable connection whcih uses dhcp and from what the > cable > > company tellss me they don't support anything but windows, but well gee > > does this surprise anyone, however, there are folks using Linux with their > > service. This leads me to believe their dhcp implementation is normal so > > all should work. > > I have a 3com card its an older isa 10mbps model that uses the 503 driver. > > When the module was installed there were no errors and if you type > ifconfig > > it gives me some basic info about the card like the irq and so on. Of > > course it does not provide any ip or other info as one hasn't been > assigned > > to it. So I let the installer run pump to obtain the ip address and so on > > automatically and it returns a message after about 20 seconds or so > stating > > the configuration failed. I can't get any useful information as to why it > > failed. I tried running pump by hand to see if anything of value would > come > > from it and yet nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions I might try? It > > appears as far as I can determine that the cable connection is working or > > so all the lights on the cable modem would indicate this and the network > > card worked fine previously in this box when I had dsl. > > > > tia > > Scott > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Scott Howell @ ` Scott Howell 0 siblings, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Folks I spoke to a friend of mine and he had a similar problem and it was the 3com 503 card. It apparently had something to do with the driver for the card not being able to I think transfer something that the dhcp server wants. I may try loading another module for the other card in the box which is a pci card. I'm also going to call the cable folk and find out more info on the dhcp server. tnx At 02:30 PM 9/24/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Ay Kenny, Adelphia apparently uses the mac address of the cable modem. I >need to check to be sure they got that and if this is the case I then >probably should make sure I know what is to be transmitted if anything. >Thanks for the tip. > >Scott > > >At 09:26 AM 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi, Scott. In my area, Comcast uses client identifier instead of the MAC >>address of the network card to get an IP. Comcast tech support calls it >>"your computer name." This isn't the host name of your system, it's a >>string sent by your DHCP client. It's been a long time since I used >>them, so I'm not completely sure, but I don't think pump would let me >>send the string. Dhclient and dhcpcd did work for me. >> >>Good luck and hope this helps. >> Kenny >> >>On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:39:53AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: >> > Hello Speakup friends, >> > >> > Well I'm temporarly using my work E-mail address until I get my cable >> > connection working. Therefore I have a question regarding the Debian >> Potato >> > installation. I'm using the disks off the ftp site and from what I can >> tell >> > I get to the point where I'm to configure the network, but I'm having some >> > problems. I have a cable connection whcih uses dhcp and from what the >> cable >> > company tellss me they don't support anything but windows, but well gee >> > does this surprise anyone, however, there are folks using Linux with their >> > service. This leads me to believe their dhcp implementation is normal so >> > all should work. >> > I have a 3com card its an older isa 10mbps model that uses the 503 driver. >> > When the module was installed there were no errors and if you type >> ifconfig >> > it gives me some basic info about the card like the irq and so on. Of >> > course it does not provide any ip or other info as one hasn't been >> assigned >> > to it. So I let the installer run pump to obtain the ip address and so on >> > automatically and it returns a message after about 20 seconds or so >> stating >> > the configuration failed. I can't get any useful information as to why it >> > failed. I tried running pump by hand to see if anything of value would >> come >> > from it and yet nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions I might try? It >> > appears as far as I can determine that the cable connection is working or >> > so all the lights on the cable modem would indicate this and the network >> > card worked fine previously in this box when I had dsl. >> > >> > tia >> > Scott >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested dhcp help requested Scott Howell ` John covici ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Guy Abandon. ` Scott Howell 2 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Guy Abandon. @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup There are other issues with cable BB services, including they tieing a mac address to the given ip address or that particular outlet. Now I ask if you used this card before, do they know this mac address, do you have to go on to their site under your service account of some sort to set your own things including your mac address... things like that. I think it's common to be able to specifiy several on the assumption that some have domestic networks. I have one of the D-link DI604 routers which carries out a lot of this for us and we didn't have connection problems with either of the Linux boxes going through it. GA! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: dhcp help requested ` Guy Abandon. @ ` Scott Howell 0 siblings, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Actually the mac address is in the modem so it shouldn't be the card and they wouldn't knwo anything about my hardware as this is new service. I previously had dsl with a static ip so dhcp is new to me as far as using it, but I do understand teh concept, but there's more stuff to check out yet. Thanks for the info and hope soon to be online. I'm actually using or trying to use one of my Linux boxes as a firewall/router instead of purchasing a router and hope that will never be necessary.<grin> Scott At 09:43 PM 9/24/2003 +0100, you wrote: >There are other issues with cable BB services, including they tieing a >mac address to the given ip address or that particular outlet. Now I >ask if you used this card before, do they know this mac address, do >you have to go on to their site under your service account of some >sort to set your own things including your mac address... things >like that. I think it's common to be able to specifiy several on the >assumption that some have domestic networks. I have one of the D-link >DI604 routers which carries out a lot of this for us and we didn't >have connection problems with either of the Linux boxes going through >it. > >GA! > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
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