On Monday 25 December 2000 07:07, you wrote: FWIW I personally have always configured my cable modem statically. I have tried DHCP and haven't found success. I subscribe to another Linux list as well and others seem to have problems with @home and DHCP. I can't offer any suggestions why that is but I know with a static setup I have had no problems. John W > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jose D Castillo" > To: > Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 2:39 AM > Subject: Re: trouble connecting to @home cable modem > > > Call your cable company and make sure they can see your modem, they > > should be able to see it even it you have no computers connected to it. > > Then find out if they can give you a static address scheme. It can save > > you time to use static instead of DHCP. If they can, then make sure they > > give you the following information: > > > > Static IP adress > > Default Gateway > > Netmask > > DNS servers > > > > If they can't, then you are at their mercy. You said you set up your > > interface for DHCP and your output indicates you got and IP address, but > > you may not be getting default route and DNS information. Call them and > > ask them for that information. If they have their DHCP server setup > > right, you should get that info when you connect, but it doesn't look > > like you are, that is why I suggest going the static route. > > Good Luck! > > > > Live long and prosper. > > > > On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Tim Cutler wrote: > > > After vast efforts scouring the net and reading man pages and HOWTO's, > > > I still can't get my new RH 7 linux box to connect to the internet via > > > cox@home cable modem. > > > > > > Can anyone shed light on the tcpdump data below, at the bottom? To me, > > > it looks like my box is asking for the MAC address of the gateway, and > > > getting no response. In fact, I get the same output if I take off the > > > cable connection. Hence, the connection is dead as a door nail. I've > > > done dhcpcd -h CX538-A eth0, and countless other things. > > > > > > If you have solved this problem, I'd would sure like to get in contact > > > with you. I'm pretty much stumped at this point. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ifconfig output: > > > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:44:77:09 > > > inet addr:24.1.249.49 Bcast:24.1.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > > > Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800 > > > > > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:1917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:1917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > netstat -nr output: > > > > > > Kernel IP routing table > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window > > > irtt Iface > > > 24.1.248.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 > > > 0 eth0 > > > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 > > > 0 lo > > > 0.0.0.0 24.1.248.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > > > 0 eth0 > > > 0.0.0.0 24.1.248.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > > > 0 eth0 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ping 24.1.248.1 output: > > > PING 24.1.248.1 (24.1.248.1) from 24.1.249.49 : 56(84) bytes of data. > > > From 24.1.249.49: Destination Host Unreachable > > > From 24.1.249.49: Destination Host Unreachable > > > From 24.1.249.49: Destination Host Unreachable > > > ... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > tcpdump -i eth0 output: > > > Kernel filter, protocol ALL, datagram packet socket > > > tcpdump: listening on eth0 > > > 16:19:40.380943 > arp who-has 24.1.248.1 tell 24.1.249.49 > > > (0:50:ba:44:77:9) > > > 16:19:41.381069 > arp who-has 24.1.248.1 tell 24.1.249.49 > > > (0:50:ba:44:77:9) > > > 16:19:42.380945 > arp who-has 24.1.248.1 tell 24.1.249.49 > > > (0:50:ba:44:77:9) > > > 16:19:43.380948 > arp who-has 24.1.248.1 tell 24.1.249.49 > > > (0:50:ba:44:77:9) > > > ... > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.usdiscuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss