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

Mon Nov 6 16:12:27 EST 2006

thanks for all your help.  I will try this tonight when I meet up with my
friend.

tm

On 11/6/06, Jay Sulzberger <jays at panix.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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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