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Old 05-30-2003, 01:38 PM   #1
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cable internet setup

I have SuSE Linux 8.2 and I just got cable internet and am trying to set it up. My NIC works fine; in fact it returns an IP of 68.170.107.18 on eth1 from DHCP at startup. I cannot however connect to the net. I'm using KDE 3.1.1. The cable modem is a Terayon TJ715. I'm connecting through ethernet obviously, and the MAC address is 00E06F2EF350. Can anyone help me?
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:41 PM   #2
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If your recieving DHCP from the cable modem then you should be able to connect to the net unless you have a firewall or something else hindering you. Do you have two nic cards? Why is it eth1 instead of eth0?
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:42 PM   #3
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Have you eliminated DNS?

Try the following:
ping 64.179.4.146
ping www.linuxquestions.org

Do you get replies from both?

EDIT: Crashed_Again - Only by 50 seconds that time
Last edited by david_ross; 05-30-2003 at 01:43 PM.
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:44 PM   #4
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I need to speak to Jeremy and ask him if he can block me from accessing the site when you are on and vice versa. This is just crazy!
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:47 PM   #5
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I have an "Integrated" NIC on the motherboard that doesn't have a port; I don't think it exists - eth0. And I have a PCI card - eth1. When I try pinging 64.179.4.146 I get "connect: Network is unreachable." And when I try to ping linuxquestions.org I get "ping: Unknown host linuxquestions.org"
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:50 PM   #6
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What does:

ifconfig

show?
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:57 PM   #7
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lo Link encap:local loopback
inet addr:1227..0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Metric:1
UP LOOBACK RUNNING MTU:16436
RX Packets:48 errors:0dropped:0 overruns: 0 frame:0
TX Packets: 48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:-
RX bytes: 3256 (3.1kb) TX bytes: 3256 (2.1kb)
 
Old 05-30-2003, 01:59 PM   #8
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Yeah see, neither of your eth interfaces are up. I think the syntax is:

ifconfig eth1 up

Not %100 about that though.
 
Old 05-30-2003, 02:00 PM   #9
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Try:
ifup eth1

What is your routing table like:
route
 
Old 05-30-2003, 02:01 PM   #10
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OK. Now a bunch of info about eth1 comes up in ifconfig, but the two pings still return the same result, and I can't get anywhere from a browser either.
 
Old 05-30-2003, 02:04 PM   #11
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Depends on how your machine handles dhcp client configuration. THe brute-force method would be to try 'dhcpcd eth1'. If your card is working, you shoudl get an address.

'lspci -vb' will give you information about your hardware, from which you can have a look to see what ethernet controllers are listed.
 
Old 05-30-2003, 02:05 PM   #12
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dhcpcd eth1 did it! Thank you so much. I'll just have to test and make sure it all works on reboot now. Thank you again! You guys rule.
 
  


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