Re: [TCLUG:10518] Configuring MediaOne internet access

[Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org>]

You should read the Cable modem minihowto I believe.

It involves setting up the dhcp client to gain an IP from mediaone to use
with linux.

Not too hard of stuff.

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Mike Glaser wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 13:03:09 -0600
> From: Mike Glaser <jurupari@geocities.com>
> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: [TCLUG:10518] Configuring MediaOne internet access
> 
> Is anyone out there using MediaOne two way internet service? I got 
> set up with it this week and I cannot really get it to do anything 
> under linux. I have everything humming along pretty smoothly under 
> Win98 but I would like to learn how to set up a linux firewall and 
> have that machine connected to the service.
> 
> I had quite the adventure setting up a second ethernet card (Linksys 
> LNE100TX) but I got that going now and I am ready to try and get all 
> of the internet services going on the server/firewall before trying 
> to get them running on the other PC's on the LAN.
> 
> The PC I am trying to get going with linux now dual boots Win98 and 
> RedHat 6.0. Everything is working ok under Windows - even for all 
> other PC's on the LAN via the Wingate proxy server. Here is what I 
> had to do to get things going for Windows:
> 1) Configure TCP/IP to obtain a static IP address.
> 2) Disable DNS
> 3) Remove all gateways
> 4) Enable WINS resolution and check 'Use DHCP for WINS Resolution'
> 
> That was it, it had only taken about 5 minutes to setup. No software 
> was installed and I do not need to log-in to MediaOne to use the 
> service. My other ethernet card I assigned a static IP to 
> (192.168.0.1) so it can talk to my LAN. This NIC is connected to a 
> hub, while the other goes into the cable modem.
> 
> When I boot to linux eth0 (cable) and eth1 (LAN) come up ok. I can 
> ping or telnet to another host on the LAN ok, and I seem to be able 
> to do the same to other hosts on the MediaOne subnet if I use an IP 
> number - names do not work (because DNS isn't being used I guess). 
> 
> Netscape is dead, unless I type in an IP for another system on the 
> subnet (like 24.31.31.15 I found a host with a web server up via nmap 
> and when I went to it the default RedHat/Apache welcome page sprung 
> up!) Actually, I am playing with this as I speak. If I enter the IP 
> for Slashdot intead of the name, the text comes up but non of the 
> pictures. When I do the same for Excite, I get nothing. I tried 
> several other sites that I knew the IP numbers for and they did 
> appear to come up ok. Things are hit and miss.
> 
> I would imagine that the problem has to do with not using DNS. I 
> really know little about it and less about WINS which is what is set 
> up for Windows. Is there some way to use WINS through linux??
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. I have found some resources on using 
> the MediaOne RoadRunner service with linux on the net, but everything 
> I found appears to be somewhat dated and from users on either the 
> West or East coast and it appears that they all need to 'log-in' to 
> media one in some way, shape, form to use the service. I do not need 
> to do that here.
> 
> Thank-you,
> Mike Glaser
> 
> 
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