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

[Thomas Joseph Re]

I'll give this a try.  What I really want to do is place a wireless AP
between the cable-modem and my linux notebook.  My linux notebook works fine
wireless with other APs.  I wanted to be sure that the cable modem was
working at my friend's before buying another wireless AP.  If my linux box
is not able to get an IP from the cable modem, I'm afraid that a wireless AP
router won't be able to either.

May just go out and buy a Linksys wireless AP and give it a try.

Tom

On 11/6/06, Paul Robbins <robbins.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have had intermitten problems with it grabbing and IP address, sometimes
> it will grab a 192.168 IP address, so I run an ifdown, power off the cable
> modem, then run an ifup and power the modem up right away. The linux box
> tries to pull a DHCP address and the modem starts to come up looking to
> distribute an IP address. This may take a few attempt, but usually solves
> the problem of my linux box getting a RR IP address.
>
> On 11/6/06, Thomas Joseph Re <tomjre at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The "Cable" light flashes quite a while until it finally stableizes as
> > fixed
> > green.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > On 11/6/06, Jay Sulzberger <jays at panix.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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