Would anyone care to contribute (for suse)

Stephen Patterson

8 Aug 2002 8 Aug '02

21:59

I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article? -- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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Les Hollis

8 Aug 8 Aug

21:08

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently

are you talking about an external or internal cable modem? my 7.2 works just great with an external modem...DHCP gives me an IP just like advertised ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patterson" To: "suse linux list" Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [SLE] Would anyone care to contribute (for suse) that

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several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

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George Curran

21:28

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This has been no sweat, no strain since Suse 6.1. I use a Linksys BEFSR41 between the external cable modem and all the boxen using DHCP. George On Thursday 08 August 2002 05:08 pm, Les Hollis wrote:

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are you talking about an external or internal cable modem?

my 7.2 works just great with an external modem...DHCP gives me an IP just like advertised

----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patterson" To: "suse linux list" Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [SLE] Would anyone care to contribute (for suse)

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently

that

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several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

Support

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Database article?

-- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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Jerry Feldman

21:55

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I use a BEFW11S4, which also has wireless capability. On my desktop I assign a static IP because I use my desktop system as an SMTP server. I also connect my Linux laptop with either a cable or a wireless. The non- wireless version is available for well under $100 US mail order, and the wireless for a bit over $100. The only problem I had was with one version of Netscape where I was not able to use it to configure the router. Konquerer works fine as does Netscape 6.2. On 8 Aug 2002 at 17:28, George Curran wrote:

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This has been no sweat, no strain since Suse 6.1. I use a Linksys BEFSR41 between the external cable modem and all the boxen using DHCP.

George

On Thursday 08 August 2002 05:08 pm, Les Hollis wrote:

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are you talking about an external or internal cable modem?

my 7.2 works just great with an external modem...DHCP gives me an IP just like advertised

----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patterson" To: "suse linux list" Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [SLE] Would anyone care to contribute (for suse)

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently

that

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several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

Support

...
Database article?

-- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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Fábio Rabelo

21:34

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

My connection is a Cable Modem Ajato/TVA in São Paulo, Brasil, and the configuration is very simple . I am allready has 2 diferent models of modem here, and both works fine . The first was a Motorola Surfboard SB3100D, and the second is a USR CMX . I'm just configures the network board ( eth0 ) to get IP with DHCP, and set DNS to dinamicaly update yourself all with Yast and everything works fine at first try . The only possible insue is about the security system used by the provider ( AJato ), it is based on the MAC address of network card, if you change the board or the entire machine you MUST call to suport and tell the new MAC address of the new board, until that it is impossible to get a valid IP with the conection . Any further information you can contact me . Fábio Rabelo

Jerry Feldman

21:58

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box. On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

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Doug McGarrett

9 Aug 9 Aug

02:51

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT. At 17:58 08/08/2002 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box.

On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

-- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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Ben Rosenberg

02:59

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Your a moron. He was asking for people from all over the world to share howto's as far as how they got their cable modems working under SuSE since they can't possibly test in every country in 1000's of different configurations. God what a looser! And don't bother emailing me off list..I've procmailed you out. I've haven't such poor behavior from an adult on this list in years. You my friend take the cake...and most of what you contribute to this list is just whiny question anyways. So it's no loss. ssheeeeeh. * Doug McGarrett (dougmack@i-2000.com) [020808 19:52]: :: :: ::NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO ::MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND ::MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE ::NEXT VERSION FROM THAT. -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- Tell me what you believe..I tell you what you should see. -DP --=====-----=====--

Damon Register

12 Aug 12 Aug

11:42

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Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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procmailed you out. I've haven't such poor behavior from an adult on this list in years. You my friend take the cake...and most of what you contribute to this list is just whiny question anyways. So it's no loss. Do you remember the World Domination thread? http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-May/2882.html or the SuSE 8 is great thread? http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/2903.html or http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/1929.html

After seeing Doug's history, I understand the World Domination thread. It seems that this person has a history of useless and obnoxious posts so why is he still on this list? Damon Register

Ben Rosenberg

16:09

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* Damon Register (damon.w.register@lmco.com) [020812 04:46]: ::Ben Rosenberg wrote: ::> procmailed you out. I've haven't such poor behavior from an adult on ::> this list in years. You my friend take the cake...and most of what you ::> contribute to this list is just whiny question anyways. So it's no loss. ::Do you remember the World Domination thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-May/2882.html ::or the SuSE 8 is great thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/2903.html ::or ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/1929.html :: ::After seeing Doug's history, I understand the World Domination thread. ::It seems that this person has a history of useless and obnoxious ::posts so why is he still on this list? Because for the most part us Linux folks are a really forgiving bunch I suppose. I mean look how we've been pushed around by the IT world yet we still trek on and we do some good. I guess we just don't prune bad apples off the tree as often as we should. I've been told I'm an ass when I tell people that if they have an attitude that we (the linux community) don't need them. *shrug* Cheers! -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- Tell me what you believe..I tell you what you should see. -DP --=====-----=====--

Doug McGarrett

14 Aug 14 Aug

02:18

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I have sent a message to the list apologizing for what appears to be a mistake on my part, since I cannot find any copy of a message asking for contributions to SuSE. This is my second and last copy of that apology. I will be sorry to lose SuSE, if, in fact, it really needs contributions to survive. I hope that is not the case. --doug At 09:09 08/12/2002 -0700, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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* Damon Register (damon.w.register@lmco.com) [020812 04:46]: ::Ben Rosenberg wrote: ::> procmailed you out. I've haven't such poor behavior from an adult on ::> this list in years. You my friend take the cake...and most of what you ::> contribute to this list is just whiny question anyways. So it's no loss. ::Do you remember the World Domination thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-May/2882.html ::or the SuSE 8 is great thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/2903.html ::or ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/1929.html :: ::After seeing Doug's history, I understand the World Domination thread. ::It seems that this person has a history of useless and obnoxious ::posts so why is he still on this list?

Because for the most part us Linux folks are a really forgiving bunch I suppose. I mean look how we've been pushed around by the IT world yet we still trek on and we do some good. I guess we just don't prune bad apples off the tree as often as we should. I've been told I'm an ass when I tell people that if they have an attitude that we (the linux community) don't need them. *shrug*

Cheers!

-=Ben

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Doug McGarrett

02:35

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I have looked at what you called the "World Dominion" thread that you posted, and I do not see anything that I said that should be reprehensible to anybody. As a matter of fact, it seems to have little to do with me at all. I think, if you look at my "history" you will find that I have asked technical questions, and when able, have provided technical answers, on this list, on RedHat, and on Mandrake. I have generally found the people on this list somewhat friendlier than on the other two. Is that going away? Just please clear your database of anything with my name in it, and I will refrain from contributing anything more, good or bad. At 09:09 08/12/2002 -0700, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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* Damon Register (damon.w.register@lmco.com) [020812 04:46]: ::Ben Rosenberg wrote: ::> procmailed you out. I've haven't such poor behavior from an adult on ::> this list in years. You my friend take the cake...and most of what you ::> contribute to this list is just whiny question anyways. So it's no loss. ::Do you remember the World Domination thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-May/2882.html ::or the SuSE 8 is great thread? ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/2903.html ::or ::http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/1929.html :: ::After seeing Doug's history, I understand the World Domination thread. ::It seems that this person has a history of useless and obnoxious ::posts so why is he still on this list?

Because for the most part us Linux folks are a really forgiving bunch I suppose. I mean look how we've been pushed around by the IT world yet we still trek on and we do some good. I guess we just don't prune bad apples off the tree as often as we should. I've been told I'm an ass when I tell people that if they have an attitude that we (the linux community) don't need them. *shrug*

Cheers!

-=Ben

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bob barish

9 Aug 9 Aug

03:13

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On Thursday 08 August 2002 19:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

I do not normally say anything when I read this kind of thing but I finding myself needing to this time. Where in the email did you read anything about money contributions?? I highly suggest before you make yourself look ridiculous, to take the extra half a second and read. If you are have a hard time reading and understand what you read, then might I suggest getting a good reading tutor. bob

Jon Biddell

03:22

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At 8/08/2002 20:13, bob barish wrote:

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On Thursday 08 August 2002 19:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

I do not normally say anything when I read this kind of thing but I finding myself needing to this time. Where in the email did you read anything about money contributions?? I highly suggest before you make yourself look ridiculous, to take the extra half a second and read. If you are have a hard time reading and understand what you read, then might I suggest getting a good reading tutor.

Just unsubscribe the twit

Terence McCarthy

06:31

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On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 13:22:42 +1000 Jon Biddell wrote:

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At 8/08/2002 20:13, bob barish wrote:

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On Thursday 08 August 2002 19:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

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Just unsubscribe the twit

Seconded. Terence

Curtis Rey

03:44

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Hello MacFly?!?! One would assume by the post that you only took the time to read the tittle header and not the message body. Have you suffered with anti-social behavioral problems for a while, or is this a new advent for you. By the nature of your response one might easily assume that you forgot to take you Lithium today, or your serum levels have exceeded therapeutic levels and you experience a state of toxicity - which might explain your behavior. If this is not the case I strongly suggest that you contact the first available psychologist in order to receive prompt treatment. Your conduct is socially unacceptable. If you find this option distastful and opt not to seek treatment then all I am able to tell you is...... FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!! loser......................... On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

At 17:58 08/08/2002 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box.

On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

Support

...
...
Database article?

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pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca

14:02

[Curtis Rey]

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[...] FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

This kind of message and tone of language is wholly unwelcome on this mailing list, as it would be everywhere else. Please, people, refrain from flaming, or being brought into flaming. Let's learn to behave. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard

David Benfell

18:13

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On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:02:59 -0400, François Pinard wrote:

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[Curtis Rey]

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[...] FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

This kind of message and tone of language is wholly unwelcome on this mailing list, as it would be everywhere else. Please, people, refrain from flaming, or being brought into flaming. Let's learn to behave.

Fair enough. However, I believe that the post to which this responded should also be considered unwelcome. It is this other posting whose author has just qualified for my black list. One of the rules, gentlemen, is that an entirely capitalized posting is considered yelling, and rude. I don't personally find that the addition of profanity increases its offensiveness. A few points: 1) The open source world is a cooperative effort. That's how we got all this great software in the first place. SuSE has certainly contributed to open source. What I remember is USB and some accelerated video card support work; I'm sure there's much more. 2) SuSE has historically provided a great distribution which makes it possible for many people to successfully use open source software, which is available for free. It seems churlish to withhold information on account of SuSE being a profit-making enterprise. 3) I am a little puzzled that there's an issue with cable modems. From the non-flaming responses here, it doesn't seem like there is, but then again I do keep seeing the issue crop up. I haven't played with it myself. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the problem is? Thanks! -- David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/resume.html

Clayton Cornell

18:53

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On Friday 09 August 2002 20:13, David Benfell wrote:

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3) I am a little puzzled that there's an issue with cable modems. From the non-flaming responses here, it doesn't seem like there is, but then again I do keep seeing the issue crop up. I haven't played with it myself. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the problem is? Thanks!

Just had to chime in with my puzzlement too. Not quite sure what we are being asked to contribute to. I have a cable modem connected - been using a Terayon cable modem with SuSE for about 3 years now (some other brand for about a year before that). Connected direct to my computer, I can get my local IP as assigned from my ISP (Chello in the Netherlands). I put a Smoothwall router/firewall in between my desktop and my cable modem. It requests it's IP from my ISP, and then assigns my SuSE box an IP from it's private range (192.168.x.x). It has always worked smoothly. The cable modem has probably been the simplest bit to set up on Linux since I started back in the days of SuSE6.x. It even works better in Linux than in Windows. C.

Christopher Mahmood

19:01

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* David Benfell (old-man@greybeard95a.com) [020809 11:13]:

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[...] FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

Oh my. At least this will allow me to catch some more of those annoying, broken autoresponders that bounce mail with naughty words in them.

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3) I am a little puzzled that there's an issue with cable modems. From the non-flaming responses here, it doesn't seem like there is, but then again I do keep seeing the issue crop up. I haven't played with it myself. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the problem is?

I don't know but usually SDB articles topics come from installation support requests. I think what Stephen is looking for are any peculiarities with cable (e.g., subscriber IDs) that weren't automatically handled by yast2. If there aren't any, that's great. There definitely used to be a couple of years ago though, esp. with dhcp. -- -ckm

Curtis Rey

19:04

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My appologies to the list for the flame and profanity. In what vain defense I might offer I became quit angered at Mr. McGarrett's response to an individual asking for input on the subject of people's experience with getting cable modems and routers to work in order to afford the Linux end-user comminity some HowTo's regarding configs and setup in order to add to the SuSE help database. I failed to see how Mr. McGarrett derived a request for capital donation/contributions from this post. Furthermore, this individual has a tendency for noxious comments in relatiion to some of the most benign posts on the list. Though I freely admit my misjudgement in posting a flame of this nature I would state that I would have been better to mail Mr. McGarrett directly to express my angst regarding his continued anti-social behavior. Unfortunately, I fell victim to the same behavior I was condemming and for that I applogize. Sincerely, Curtis On Thursday 08 August 2002 22:44, Curtis Rey wrote:

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Hello MacFly?!?! One would assume by the post that you only took the time to read the tittle header and not the message body. Have you suffered with anti-social behavioral problems for a while, or is this a new advent for you.

By the nature of your response one might easily assume that you forgot to take you Lithium today, or your serum levels have exceeded therapeutic levels and you experience a state of toxicity - which might explain your behavior.

If this is not the case I strongly suggest that you contact the first available psychologist in order to receive prompt treatment. Your conduct is socially unacceptable. If you find this option distastful and opt not to seek treatment then all I am able to tell you is......

FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

loser.........................

On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

At 17:58 08/08/2002 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box.

On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

Support

...
...
Database article?

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Doug McGarrett

10 Aug 10 Aug

01:59

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I think I need to apologize to the list. I do not know why I wrote such a memo. Obviously the memo to which I replied did not seem to contain any request for donations. I apologize to all of you. I do not even recall what it was that angered me, but I assume it was something in another email and I became confused, or sleepy, or something. I think this list is great, and I have a fine regard for all. You have all been very helpful, even when the reply was to someone else, but I benefited. Thanx, guys and gals! (On the other hand, if SuSE really needs to beg, I guess they are on the way out. I hope that's not the case.) BTW, I'm not on cable, but on ADSL, which is quite similar in connection-- you get on via a router or a switch, and a 10/100 network card--and I had no difficulty at all. SuSE figured most of it out for me. --Doug McGarrett At 14:04 08/09/2002 -0500, Curtis Rey wrote:

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My appologies to the list for the flame and profanity. In what vain defense I might offer I became quit angered at Mr. McGarrett's response to an individual asking for input on the subject of people's experience with getting cable modems and routers to work in order to afford the Linux end-user comminity some HowTo's regarding configs and setup in order to add to the SuSE help database.

I failed to see how Mr. McGarrett derived a request for capital donation/contributions from this post. Furthermore, this individual has a tendency for noxious comments in relatiion to some of the most benign posts on the list. Though I freely admit my misjudgement in posting a flame of this nature I would state that I would have been better to mail Mr. McGarrett directly to express my angst regarding his continued anti-social behavior. Unfortunately, I fell victim to the same behavior I was condemming and for that I applogize.

Sincerely, Curtis

On Thursday 08 August 2002 22:44, Curtis Rey wrote:

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Hello MacFly?!?! One would assume by the post that you only took the time to read the tittle header and not the message body. Have you suffered with anti-social behavioral problems for a while, or is this a new advent for you.

By the nature of your response one might easily assume that you forgot to take you Lithium today, or your serum levels have exceeded therapeutic levels and you experience a state of toxicity - which might explain your behavior.

If this is not the case I strongly suggest that you contact the first available psychologist in order to receive prompt treatment. Your conduct is socially unacceptable. If you find this option distastful and opt not to seek treatment then all I am able to tell you is......

FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

loser.........................

On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box.

On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

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Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com

zentara

11:32

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On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 21:59:44 -0400 Doug McGarrett wrote:

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(On the other hand, if SuSE really needs to beg, I guess they are on the way out. I hope that's not the case.)

I see it the other way. If SuSe is wise enough to let it's users help it thru competitive times, it's 1 step ahead. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation

Dominique Michel

09:20

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You can read what Prescott, one of the greatest psycholog say about the origin of peace and violence at http://www.violence.de/ Dominique Michel Le Vendredi 09 Août 2002 05.44, Curtis Rey a écrit :

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Hello MacFly?!?! One would assume by the post that you only took the time to read the tittle header and not the message body. Have you suffered with anti-social behavioral problems for a while, or is this a new advent for you.

By the nature of your response one might easily assume that you forgot to take you Lithium today, or your serum levels have exceeded therapeutic levels and you experience a state of toxicity - which might explain your behavior.

If this is not the case I strongly suggest that you contact the first available psychologist in order to receive prompt treatment. Your conduct is socially unacceptable. If you find this option distastful and opt not to seek treatment then all I am able to tell you is......

FUCK OFF ASSHOLE AND LEARN TO READ!!!

loser.........................

On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:51, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

At 17:58 08/08/2002 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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BTW: Before I got my router I had SuSE from 5.1 on up connecting directly to the cable modem. In 7.0 and following just configure dhclient through YaST and take the defaults. Prior to 7.0, some of the networking scripts had some problems (in my case with multiple NICS), but with 7.0 or 7.1 and following everything worked out of the box.

On 8 Aug 2002 at 21:59, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE

Support

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Database article?

-- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com

Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com

-- Jerry Feldman Enterprise Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Company 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/

-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com

Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com

Bryan Tyson

9 Aug 9 Aug

17:39

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On Thursday 08 August 2002 22:51, Doug wrote:

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NO, I WOULD NOT CARE TO CONTRIBUTE. SUSE IS A COMPANY DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. I WOULD UNDER NO CONDITIONS SEND IT MONEY. I SPEND MONEY TO BUY THE SOFTWARE, AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT VERSION FROM THAT.

I think we've found our new Open Source Community Citizen of the Year! *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ***************************************************

Stephen Patterson

8 Aug 8 Aug

22:53

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On 08 Aug 02, Stephen Patterson (patter@suse.de) wrote:

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

The only problems we have been experiencing (and these are all with customers contacting the helpline) are when people have a router between the cable modem and their network, and the router isn't handing out DHCP addresses at all. Has anyone managed to get a setup like that working? -- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

Fábio Rabelo

22:10

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The only problems we have been experiencing (and these are all with customers contacting the helpline) are when people have a router between the cable modem and their network, and the router isn't handing out DHCP addresses at all. Has anyone managed to get a setup like that working?

Did you try to instal and run a package called "dhcprelay" ?? If it not work, you can use a dhcp server in the linux box itself ! Fábio Rabelo

Les Hollis

22:17

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On 08 Aug 02, Stephen Patterson (patter@suse.de) wrote:

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several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

The only problems we have been experiencing (and these are all with customers contacting the helpline) are when people have a router between

I have (again) 7.2 professional (this also worked with 7.2 personal) PC has 2 NIC's. First one is attached directly to cable modem (thru a hub) and DHCP works great. Second one is attched to an SMC 7004BR Barricade Router. It would not DHCP no matter what I tried. Since I 'manage' the router, I statically set an IP on the SuSE box for that NIC. see eth1 below oracle@hogwarts:/etc/profile.d > netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.199.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth1 12.238.180.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 12.238.180.1 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0 oracle@hogwarts:/etc/profile.d > oracle@hogwarts:/etc/profile.d > ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FF:90:C6:F9:D7:74 inet addr:12.345.678.90 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.254.0 inet6 addr: fe80::280:c6ff:fef9:d774/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:212439 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:184854 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:199 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:13718798 (13.0 Mb) TX bytes:278530300 (265.6 Mb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe400 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:26:64:43:94 inet addr:192.168.199.100 Bcast:192.168.199.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:26ff:fe64:4394/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:77715 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:122972 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:80864 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:10999590 (10.4 Mb) TX bytes:155337616 (148.1 Mb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6950 (6.7 Kb) TX bytes:6950 (6.7 Kb) oracle@hogwarts:/etc/profile.d > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patterson" To: "suse linux list" Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Would anyone care to contribute (for suse) that the

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cable modem and their network, and the router isn't handing out DHCP addresses at all. Has anyone managed to get a setup like that working?

-- Stephen Patterson Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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Rick Green

22:43

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On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Stephen Patterson wrote:

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The only problems we have been experiencing (and these are all with customers contacting the helpline) are when people have a router between the cable modem and their network, and the router isn't handing out DHCP addresses at all. Has anyone managed to get a setup like that working?

I've implemented several small networks using the Linksys BEFSR41 router/switch. Every setup was trivial, and the networks have been trouble-free. On the first one, I scratched my head a bit before I realized the obvious: I connected the PC to the router, got a DHCP address, and logged in to the router's admin menu with a browser. This was necessary to obtain the router's external MAC address, which the provider then required. Once the provider was provisioned with the MAC address, the router was plugged into the cable modem, and the admin status screen told me it had successfully negotiated an IP address via DHCP. Elated, I attempted to browse the web, but no-go. After a few minutes of head-scratching, I released and re-negotiated the PC's DHCP lease, and this time, in addition to an IP address, I was given default DNS servers. Duh! Providers in this area have evolved from MAC-based authentication, to hostname-based authentication, to their current MAC-(of the cable modem itself) authentication. So currently, the setup is just plain and simple DHCP. Another thought... Just with SuSE 8, I've had problems with DHCP negotiation (SuSE 8 is the client). It has appeared to be an early timeout in dhcpcd. I ended up making several tweaks, but the one that seemed to resolve the problem permanently was an edit to /etc/dhclient.conf: Change initial-interval 2; to initial-interval 5; HTH, Rick Green

Dominique Michel

9 Aug 9 Aug

13:53

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With SuSe 8.0 and Yast2 i get a little problem with the password. My ISP is using a special caracter @ in the password and yast will not recognize it. I've put another caracter at the place of the @ and edit the config file (i don't remember the name just now) with an editor to get it to work. I have eth0 in the internt card option and mode PPP via Ethernet The config of eth0 is very simple with Yast, i have choose DHCP (It is possible to have a fast intenet adress with mty ISP but i don't need it and it's costing so i don't have it.) You must put the hostname and domain name that give you your ISP and the DNS and again the domain name in the search domain option (to the right of the first DNS) Le Jeudi 08 Août 2002 23.59, Stephen Patterson a écrit :

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I've been monitorig this list for a few weeks now and noticed recently that several people have managed to get cable modems working under SuSE Linux. Would anyone be prepared to write down what their network setup is and how they configured it, and send it to me for inclusion in a future SuSE Support Database article?

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