I just installed Suse 7.1 and I can't get my cable modem to work with it. It is recognizing the Ethernet card and dhcp is loading correctly at start up but for some unknown reason I am not able to communicate with my provider. I am in the US using the @home service. If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated.
Diane There are several companies, using different equipment, that seem to be using the '@home' trademark, so YMMV... In the Detroit area, Comcast @home service uses a system based upon hostname, rather than MAC address. The account name they gave you (Which
On Sun, 13 May 2001, SpiderSpell wrote: they tell you to put in the 'machine name' box in windows) must be presented to the DHCP server as the 'hostname'. If you're using dhcpd, declare this with the -h flag. With dhclient, it's declared in dhclient.conf. I'm not up on pump, so a little research will find the equivalent syntax. -- Rick Green "I have the heart of a little child, and the brain of a genius. ... and I keep them in a jar under my bed"