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

[Paul Robbins]

The reset button on most cable modems never works for me. Power cycle is a
much better option.  I have also been able to get the modem to give an IP
address to a Netgear wireless router. So I don't think it is a windows
required issue.

On 11/6/06, Thomas Joseph Re <tomjre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > > > >
> > > >
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