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Old 12-01-2003, 07:38 PM   #1
J0nathan
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Angry Cable Internet in Slackware


Hi, I just downloaded Slackware yesterday and installed it, everything is working fine except i can't figure out how to get the internet to work

In Windows, i have all the software on CD, and i just install that to get it to work. Also, when i tried RedHat before, i just had to add the connection or something, and it worked right away. Slackware doesn't seem to have any such utility that i can find to do this. The only thing i can find is some netconfig utility which asks me for my domain, and other stuff that i have no idea about, and never entered before on RedHat or Windows.

My cable modem is a motorola SURFboard SB4200, and is connected via USB. I CANNOT connect it via ethernet since i do not have a NIC.
 
Old 12-01-2003, 08:01 PM   #2
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Look here

It doesn't quite say how to do it, but at least it
should be clear that it works ;)

If you can't get it to work spend 7$ on a NIC,
and 4$ on a cable :}

K, sorry, that was a bit curt. The module you'll have
to try to load should be called CDCEther (watch the
capitals, Linux is case sensitive).
Become root, try
modprobe CDCEther





Cheers,
Tink

Last edited by Tinkster; 12-01-2003 at 08:06 PM.
 
Old 12-01-2003, 08:11 PM   #3
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Sorry I had An Idea upto that last line .. But the same is probly true ..You need to Find a Driver Module for Your Modem (Orionaly I was going to say NIC) and Find out how to Configure and use it. So there is a Place to start. Sorry that I can't be of much help but I am about as new to linux as you.
 
Old 12-01-2003, 09:06 PM   #4
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I think it would be easyer/faster/better to spend to $12 on a NIC+Cable
 
  


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