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John Chambers wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: JC> Anyone know a good archive that can actually deliver this JC> HOWTO? Using cable modems with Linux has been an often-discussed topic here. I believe that there is a summary on the BLU web site, but I am off-line at the moment and am unable to check. I'm sure Jerry Feldman or one of the numerous others who have actually done it will comment. JC> I've been noticing that nowhere in any of the JC> install windows have I ever seen any place where I can type JC> in the W95 machine's IP address. One of the things JC> that I (think I) installed was called "Mstcp.ddl", and it JC> asked me to reboot the machine before it would work, but JC> never did it mention anything so mundane as an IP address. Open "Settings," "Control Panel," "Network." Select "TCP/IP Protocol" and open its "properties." This will give you a tabbed dialog. On the "IP Address" tabbed page, select manual assignment of an address instead of automatic assignment by DHCP. This will ungray the fields where you can input your IP address and netmask. You should also disable WINS. You will need to define at least one name server and a gateway router. Note that cable modems expect Windows 95 to get an IP address automatically with DHCP. JC> There's also the general question of how do I tell the JC> Mediaone people I want the cable modem installed. JC> Presumably when they see there's a W95 system here, they'll JC> insist that they can only install their stuff there, but JC> I'd like it to talk via the linux machine, of course. We'd JC> rather not have to pay for two cable modems, one for each JC> machine, though I get the impression that's what the JC> mediaone folks would really like to sell us. The usual procedure is to let them install onto your Windows 95 machine. It will come up and obtain an IP address and similar information by DHCP. Open the "Network" object as described above and write down all of these settings. Then configure your Linux machine with the same IP address, netmask, name servers, and gateway as the Windows 95 machine. Enable IP masquerading on the Linux machine for a private network using RFC1918 addresses (like 192.168.x.x) and statically reassign an IP address from that private network to the Windows machine. Assuming you have correct routing and so on, this should work. JC> Strange. Does it produce something sensible for anyone?) I think you will find this entirely characteristic of Mediaone. -- Mike
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