July 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] cable mode and firewall...

by Brian J. Conway

> That did it! I knew they were a bit screwy there. Do you know if > they consider NAT a "proxy"? If they do they can kiss my business > goodbuy, I'm not leaving windows unguarded, and 2 firewalls is better > than one in linux! Actually, anything besides a Windows PC browsing the web via http is most likely considered a violation of their policies. On the bright side, they neither check nor care, as seems to be the trend with cable companies. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509)

July 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] cable mode and firewall...

by Wesley Allen

That did it! I knew they were a bit screwy there. Do you know if they consider NAT a "proxy"? If they do they can kiss my business goodbuy, I'm not leaving windows unguarded, and 2 firewalls is better than one in linux! Thanks for the help! Wes ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Chad Pytel <cpytel(a)WPI.EDU> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:51:12 -0400 >The cable modem that I have from charter (Motorola Surfboard 4100) cache's >and locks onto one MAC address. You need to reboot the cable modem by >unplugging it and plugging it back in (Or going to the modem's webpage at >http://192.168.100.1 and restarting it). Not sure if this is your problem, >but in people questions about Charter I haven't heard anyone mention this >"feature" of the modem their handing out now. > >Hope this helps, >-Chad > >On Monday 30 July 2001 08:23 pm, you wrote: >> Hi, >> I just got broadband at home and am loving every minute of it. But I'm >> hitting one snag... >> >> I dusted off an old sonicwall we had lying around at my job and got >> permission to take it home, after hacking the firewall I got everything set >> up and ready to go, my wan was hooked up to the cable modem, my lan was >> hooked up to the hub, the dhcp server was set up, and I had NAT w/dhcp >> client as the default setting. So I reboot the firewall and it doesn't get >> an ip address! I erase any trace of the older, static, settings, and try >> again, noting. Has anyone else got this problem? I'm stuck with Char er >> communications, do they have some way to avoid giving addresses to >> firewalls; if so, hello DSL my wife is tied to windows and I'm not shelling >> out money for something that comes built into linux. >> >> Thanks, >> Wes >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] cable mode and firewall...

by Chad Pytel

The cable modem that I have from charter (Motorola Surfboard 4100) cache's and locks onto one MAC address. You need to reboot the cable modem by unplugging it and plugging it back in (Or going to the modem's webpage at http://192.168.100.1 and restarting it). Not sure if this is your problem, but in people questions about Charter I haven't heard anyone mention this "feature" of the modem their handing out now. Hope this helps, -Chad On Monday 30 July 2001 08:23 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > I just got broadband at home and am loving every minute of it. But I'm > hitting one snag... > > I dusted off an old sonicwall we had lying around at my job and got > permission to take it home, after hacking the firewall I got everything set > up and ready to go, my wan was hooked up to the cable modem, my lan was > hooked up to the hub, the dhcp server was set up, and I had NAT w/dhcp > client as the default setting. So I reboot the firewall and it doesn't get > an ip address! I erase any trace of the older, static, settings, and try > again, noting. Has anyone else got this problem? I'm stuck with Char er > communications, do they have some way to avoid giving addresses to > firewalls; if so, hello DSL my wife is tied to windows and I'm not shelling > out money for something that comes built into linux. > > Thanks, > Wes > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 31, 2001

cable mode and firewall...

by Wesley Allen

Hi, I just got broadband at home and am loving every minute of it. But I'm hitting one snag... I dusted off an old sonicwall we had lying around at my job and got permission to take it home, after hacking the firewall I got everything set up and ready to go, my wan was hooked up to the cable modem, my lan was hooked up to the hub, the dhcp server was set up, and I had NAT w/dhcp client as the default setting. So I reboot the firewall and it doesn't get an ip address! I erase any trace of the older, static, settings, and try again, noting. Has anyone else got this problem? I'm stuck with Charter communications, do they have some way to avoid giving addresses to firewalls; if so, hello DSL my wife is tied to windows and I'm not shelling out money for something that comes built into linux. Thanks, Wes

July 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] HELP ME

by Wesley Allen

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Michael and Sharon Burns" <vze2b2jw(a)verizon.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:33:05 -0400 >I have a copy of Mandrake 7.2 . >Will some one please help me install it? >I can get it installed but cannot get it to go on line. >i have dsl, and it recognises my network card but will not configure it . 7.2 had some problems with DSL as far as I can remember, and do you know what type of network card you've got? Mandrake snags just about any kind, though my usb nic had to be hand configured even though it knew what it was. I've got a couple of copies of 8.0, it got my cable service up and running w/ no problems. > >I also am stuck with a winmodem. My advice with the winmodem...take it out, nail it to the wall, and smile when you think of how you don't need to use it anymore... > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] HELP ME

by Adam ＠ Oak

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Michael and Sharon Burns wrote: > I have a copy of Mandrake 7.2 . > Will some one please help me install it? > I can get it installed but cannot get it to go on line. > i have dsl, and it recognises my network card but will not configure it . What kind of ethernet card do you have? Specifically which chipset? Send along the output of: % dmesg > /tmp/to_mail and % ifconfig -a > /tmp/to_mail2 Fixing the dsl may be easier than dealing with the winmodem. -Adam

July 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] HELP ME

by Skip Gaede

On Monday 30 July 2001 02:33 pm, you said: > I have a copy of Mandrake 7.2 . > Will some one please help me install it? > I can get it installed but cannot get it to go on line. > i have dsl, and it recognises my network card but will not configure it . > > I also am stuck with a winmodem. The winmodem is the problem. I had one, and got it to work under the 2.2 kernels, but to the best of my knowledge, the patch hasn't been done yet for the 2.4 kernels. You have two choices: go back to a 2.2 kernel or get another modem. If your box has an ISA slot, you can get a 56K Rockwell chip modem for about the same bucks as a winmodem. The AOpen models sells for around $30.00. Good luck, Skip ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ----------------------------------------

July 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] HELP ME

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 30 July 2001 14:33, Michael and Sharon Burns wrote: > I have a copy of Mandrake 7.2 . > Will some one please help me install it? > I can get it installed but cannot get it to go on line. > i have dsl, and it recognises my network card but will not configure it > . > > I also am stuck with a winmodem. Hello, It is quite probably that the winmodem will never work with Linux, but indeed there are a (very) few that do. Check this website for more information: http://www.linmodems.org/ If you really need the modem, I'd advise you to go buy a real one (e.g. not a winmodem). Also, you will need to know which network card you have, or more importantly, the name/number of (probably the) biggest chip on the board. With this information, we can help you to configure it properly. We would be happy to help if you can supply this information to us. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

July 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] HELP ME

by Jeff Reed

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/index.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/index.html don't get frustrated and don't give up. if you REALLY get smacked and you have NO IDEA what you're doing, i suggest you look up a local installfest. good luck! -- //- Jeff Reed //- Linux System Administrator //- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //- jreed(a)linuxbusca.com //- (508)792-6070 //- http://www.linuxbusca.com //- http://www.blu.org //- http://www.wlug.org

July 30, 2001

HELP ME

by Michael and Sharon Burns

I have a copy of Mandrake 7.2 . Will some one please help me install it? I can get it installed but cannot get it to go on line. i have dsl, and it recognises my network card but will not configure it . I also am stuck with a winmodem.

July 30, 2001