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

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Paul Robbins wrote:

> 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.

The on-off button this box works.  I do not see any reset buton
it.  And your recommendation is good: once it seemed the system
consisting of incoming cable box cable between computer and box
and computer, seemed to become disarranged.  I list the parts
because I do not know what/where went wrong.  I let the cable box
rest a bit by turning the button to "off", which means, I think,
the box no longer passes packets.  I may, I am not sure even have
unplugged some cable box at some point in order to reset
something, but I do remember that I have never had any Cable Net
Connect problems that could not solved by such moves.  And
certainly, even though I use several cable boxes at various
places, the total rate of system dis-arrangement is not one very
six months.

So I repeat your recommendation: turn the cable box entirely off.
Turn the computer off.  Wait several minutes.  Turn cable box on,
turn computer on, boot up.  Look for a piece of the DHCP stack
running, sometimes there is something called "pump" running,
sometimes there is something else.

oo--JS.


>
> 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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