Being a newbie, please excuse me, but......

As in a previous post, I just installed Fedora, and my cable modem won't work through usb. I WANT to use usb if I can. if I pop in a knoppix cd and run that os, no problem, everything is fine.

My question is - what is it that knoppix has that fedora does not? I can't seem to get an answer from anyone on where to go to specifically configure a usb modem connection. Someone mentioned I should buy a router, but I just simply can't afford any more equipment any longer. If I try the modem directly into the ethernet connection on my motherboard, the modem lights don't even show a connection. I would REALLY like to use the usb connection for now, if possible. Can anyone tell me where I go to configure this?

Sorry if I sound frustrated - I just really want this distro to work!

Boot up knoppix and run lsmod then do the same with fedora and see what is different.

Hey! Thanks for your help - I'm posting knoppix lsmod 1st -

Module Size Used by Not tainted
autofs4 8756 1
af_packet 13544 0 (autoclean)
agpgart 42724 0 (unused)
es1371 30120 1
gameport 1388 0 [es1371]
ac97_codec 11916 0 [es1371]
soundcore 3428 4 [es1371]
serial 52100 0 (autoclean)
mousedev 3832 1
hid 22564 0 (unused)
input 3168 0 [mousedev hid]
CDCEther 11200 1
acm 5312 0 (unused)
pcmcia_core 39840 0
thermal 6724 0 (unused)
processor 9008 0 [thermal]
fan 1600 0 (unused)
button 2700 0 (unused)
battery 5952 0
ac 1824 0
rtc 7036 0 (autoclean)
cloop 8740 2
ieee1394 183076 0
usb-storage 61760 0 (unused)
usb-ohci 17896 0 (unused)
usbcore 57600 1 [hid CDCEther acm usb-storage usb-ohci]
ataraid 6180 0
ide-scsi 8816 1


Now, I'll post a follow-up with fedora momentarily.....

This is the usb modem stuff
CDCEther 11200 1
acm 5312 0 (unused)
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html

here is lsmod from fedora running as root:

Module Size Used by
vfat 14785 1
fat 45409 1 vfat
parport_pc 24705 1
lp 11565 0
parport 41737 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 24005 0
i2c_dev 10433 0
i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
sunrpc 160421 1
ipt_REJECT 6465 1
ipt_state 1857 5
ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2753 1
ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
button 6481 0
battery 8517 0
ac 4805 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 232577 8
joydev 8705 0
usbnet 26441 0
mii 4673 1 usbnet
ohci_hcd 22225 0
ehci_hcd 31557 0
snd_intel8x0 34829 2
snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ens1371 27557 2
snd_rawmidi 26725 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ens1371
snd_seq_device 8137 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
snd_mixer_oss 17217 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97993 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ens1371,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9673 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ens1371
snd 54053 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pc m,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec
soundcore 9889 3 snd
gameport 4801 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ens1371
via_velocity 31969 0
crc_ccitt 2113 1 via_velocity
floppy 58609 1
dm_snapshot 17029 0
dm_zero 2369 0
dm_mirror 23341 2
ext3 116809 2
jbd 74969 1 ext3
dm_mod 54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
sata_nv 8389 0
libata 40005 1 sata_nv
sd_mod 16961 0
scsi_mod 118417 2 libata,sd_mod


I appreciate your help, as nothing here makes sense to me yet, but I am trying to learn!

joel

What kind of modem?

The modem is a Terayon TJ715X -

Lets try this from fedora;
post results
who is your isp and do you connect with dhcp?

Thank you! I am up and running now. I appreciate you steppng me through this - the answer came to me as I saw through if config - I had to click on "enable" from the gui - thank you so much for sticking that out with me.

joel b

Your welcome,have fun