Cable modem help

[Kevin Hanser]

In Win98, is the cable modem using the other NIC card or anything?  If
so, you may have to power cycle your cable modem so it forgets about the
old MAC address.  I know that w/my Comcast cable modem, if I want to
switch the NIC that is hooked up to it, I have to power cycle like that
or I can't pull an IP address via DHCP.  Pull the power, let it sit off
for a few seconds, then power on and try again.
 
However, if it's the same NIC card, and therefore the same MAC
address... well, I guess I don't know :)
 
k

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Srinivasan S [mailto:ssrini at rediffmail.com] 
	Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:11
	To: fedora-list at redhat.com
	Subject: Cable modem help
	
	

	Hi
	
	I run Fedora Core 1 (on a dual boot with Win 98) .. 
	
	Recently I attached a cable modem to the m/c and set it up as
below :
	
	Settings on eth0: (local n/w)
	eth0 is connected to the local network and runs Samba and DHCPD
(on eth0 only).  Set to a static IP of 192.168.1.1
	
	Settings on eth1 : (Motorola 5100 Surfboard cable modem)
	Automatically obtain IP address settings with dhcp
	DHCP Settings : Hostname is empty and Automatically obtain DNS
is unchecked and Hardware is bound to the proper MAC address
	
	When I try to activate the eth1 interface it fails.  An ifconfig
on eth1 returns the following output :
	
	[root at localhost root]# ifconfig eth1
	eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:BA:08:43:4C
	          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
	          RX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	          TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
	          RX bytes:65356 (63.8 Kb)  TX bytes:3420 (3.3 Kb)
	          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc400
	
	<< The same cable connection on Win98 works without any hitches
and I get connected>>
	
	I want to use my Fedora box with the net and hence need help
urgently
	
	Thanks in advance
	Regards
	Srini
	



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