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Old 10-27-2004, 10:42 AM   #1
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broadband help


hey im running fedora core 2 and i have my telewest broadband plugged into the NIC and the get ip by set to DHCP, the firewall is turned off, and when i try 'ifup eth0' it just fails to get the IP every time :\, anyone have any ideas?

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Old 10-27-2004, 11:11 AM   #2
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i'd just give up mate.
 
Old 10-27-2004, 11:27 AM   #3
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telewest --

cable?
i've seen that with cable, the common practice is to pass the external IP through to the first device, so if you want more than one PC, you should have a router -- if you have one, then the comment under dsl is relevant

dsl?
you have another option now, and that's assigning a static IP. -- which will force youo onto the network, and let you check your device configuration (router/modem)

but you can also play with 'dhcpcd eth0' and see if you can expand your error responses.

normally i would put in more, but i hope that gets you started...
 
Old 10-27-2004, 11:34 AM   #4
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ok its cable, i tried manually setting the ip and the device activates, although i get he error

RTNETLINK answers: Invalid Argument

i heard this might have something to do with conflicting IRQ's, is this true?
 
Old 10-27-2004, 12:43 PM   #5
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sorry didnt read the post fully, i cant pass it through a router because im setting this box up for the entry to my network, and to use for ip masqurading

INTERNET------MODEM------LINUX BOX------ switch ---- routers servers etc..
 
Old 11-01-2004, 10:35 AM   #6
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well, you need to use a dynamic address, the cable box is going to pass the external IP through to the first device... you probably don't pay for a static IP from telewest, so you need to be able to accept what they give you...
 
  


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