[nylug-talk] road-runner + linuxOnly + wireless AP

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Thomas Joseph Re <tomjre at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend has RR which she was using with a WinPC until the WinPC broke.  I
> tried connecting my Linux notebook to her cable modem, setting my ethernet
> card for DHCP, and was not able to get an IP.  Doing IFCONFIG shows that the
> eth0 is connected to something but no IP number and when I try to ping out I
> get "network not available".
>
> Could it be that the CableModem needs some special reset to work with a new
> computer?
> I've tried leaving it off a couple of hours and trying again but no go.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Tom

Tom, I am without useful speech before this question, mainly due
to general ignorance, but I am especially useless because for so
long all Debian instances I use run a DHCP system which works
with Cable Companies' Net Connections, with all municipal LANs I
have tried, and with just about all private and business LANs.

Is the cable box on?  What do the four lights do?

oo--JS.


>
>
> On 11/6/06, Jay Sulzberger <jays at panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Thomas Joseph Re wrote:
>> 
>> > I am considering "RoadRunner/TimeWarner" ISP service, and will only have
>> a
>> > Linux notebook to use with this service.  Does anyone know if it is
>> possible
>> > to setup RR without a winbox?  Does it require special log-on software?
>> >
>> > Specifically, I'd like to buy a wireless Access Point and perhaps combo
>> > cable-modem/wirelessAP, to connect to RR.  Anyone have experience in
>> this
>> > area???
>> >
>> > BTW, I was having trouble getting my wireless card to work using Redhat
>> 3,
>> > and upgraded to Ubuntu - it worked out of the box:).
>> >
>> >
>> > TJ
>> 
>> I type this on a Standard Debian instance and I am connected to
>> the Net via a Roadrunner/Time-Warner Cable Net Connection.  DHCP
>> works out of both boxes.
>> 
>> oo--JS.
>> 
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