How can i set this up, i have opts internet cable and i want to set it up so it can work.

Well if you provide more details on how your connecting, it would break things down for us to explain? Are you connecting from a cable modem to a NIC (Ethernet Card) or maybe to a USB adapter?
Or are you going thru a router to mulitiple machines?

Have you tried searching these forums for thousands of threads that cover this already? Or maybe the internet for solutions to help you out?

the modem cable is connected to the wall, im using optus, and when i click on a web browser it said cannot be found.

What the F* is optus? And I know your cable modem is connected to the wall, thru a cable line from the outside world and most likely with power from a power source.

Your post didn't provide nothing useful to anyone. Again, how are you connecting to the cable modem to your computer, thru ethernet or usb ??

Provide details, hell, describe every connection you have in your house, but I need more details or I or anyone here won't be of any help to you. And please try searching, there is plethora of information on this site and on the net about connecting thru cable modems.

The other end is connected to this device where you turn it off and on with a click of a button, sorry optus is a Australian company, you can speak to me on msn messenger if you have it my emails erks90@hotmail.com

I'd rather post any questions or help here as it might help someone in the future who browses and uses this site as a great resource. But until you provide more details, I have no way of helping you. Describing a little device you turn off and on could be anything to me, it could be a toaster for all I care, but nothing you have provided is helpful in anyway for anyone to get your cable internet working with Linux. You haven't answered not one question I've asked, except maybe the optus which is now out of the way at this point.

Until you provide details, I guess you won't be recieving any help. Sorry to be blunt or rude.. but I'm not a mind reader and I'm on the other side of the world only being able to help you when you help yourself out by giving better questions with better details.

ok ok but its hard to describe, from the front view it is 17 cm long and 3 cm wide and on the front view it shows 6 flashing lights and they are power,recieve,send,online,activity, and stand by, on the back side, there's a white thin cable connecting to my computer and there is this other one that is long thick black cable that connects to the wall.

Congratulations, you have found your cable modem. Do you connect to your ISP with a static (fixed) IP address or do you use DHCP?

And also with this new found cable modem, can you tell if the chord from the back of the modem that extends and connects to your computer, connects to a ethernet card inside your computer or a usb port? This is something I've been asking since my first reply, your making this way more difficult than it really is.

More details please, we shouldn't be writing a novel to find out how your connected and were only going in loops here when you give us non-useful information.

Before you reply and post anymore, I strongly agree you read this page. And don't skim thru it, read it please before I go insane asking so many probing questions:

How to Ask Good Questions

OK this is some example on how to setup mixed linux-windows network. Example one is my office network with a router, the other one is using a server with 2 NICs and a switch or hub at my house.

I use this command as root at my linux machine to find out the current IP address:
ifconfig
I use this command on my windows machine:
ipconfig

My office hardware setup: (-) denotes single cable (=) many cables:
wall outlet - cat5 cable - outer port [router] inner ports = cat cables = NIC on each computers hooked to the router's port.
All of the computers are setup using dhcp. The router is setup using one of the computer's browser to get leased internet IP from outside automatically, and to give IP numbers to any computer hooked on its ports using dhcp.
These are their IP addresses:
router = 192.168.1.1 (static address that gives IP addresses to those computers)
- comp1 192.168.1.100 (dynamic address signed by the router)
- comp2 192.168.1.101 (dynamic address signed by the router)
...
- comp9 192.168.1.109 (dynamic address signed by the router)


I cannot afford a personal router for my house network, instead I buy a switch or a hub and two NICs for one of the computer to make it an internet server.

My home hardware setup: (-) denotes single cable (=) many cables:
telephone or cable outlet - cat3 or modem cable - xDSL modem - cat5 cable- NIC1 of the [server] to get leased internet IP address using pppoe and NIC2 to give IP numbers to any computer at my house - cat5 cable - swith or hub = cat5 cables = NIC of each computers that want internet access via the switch or hub.
This are their IP addresses:
server = 192.168.1.1 (static address that gives IP addresses to those computers)
- comp1 192.168.1.100 (dynamic address signed by the server)
- comp2 192.168.1.101 (dynamic address signed by the server)
...
- comp9 192.168.1.109 (dynamic address signed by the server)


That's it for the hardware setup. You can try it which one to use ;-)

Sould any problem appears somebody will help you with that. Don't forget to give your hardware setup and your linux ifconfig and windows ipconfig result on your post.
Good luck.


Have a lot of fun :-)

Well aherm the problem is that i cant understand anything you just said, sorry tricky kid i will tell you later i just have to find out.
To aherm: i only have one 1 computer with modem cable, and im going to find the IP soon, i red what you writ it tells you nothing! your just telling us you works connections and your homes, it doesnt tell you what to fill in and setup!

The white cable connects to the USB. Now what i told yous enough information about the cable modem, what do i fill in now?

Bring or send your modem back to the Optus store or outlet.

Request a modem that use ethernet instead of usb (yes, they have it).

http://cable.optusnet.com.au/sysreqs.html

Tell them that you have a spare pci slot (your usb ports are all occupied).

That is easier rather than make your Yopper handle that usb cable modem.

Than your Yopper will pickup the rest easily ;-)

Anybody will help you with ease gladly :-)


Have fun :-)

As a ethernet card is more likely to be supported, its not totally necessary. And second you wouldn't have to take the modem back, as most come equipped with an ethernet and usb port on the modem itself.

But first, can you tell us what kind of cable modem it is along with a model number, there might be a good chance that it is supported via usb in Linux??

Let us know.

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Optis are a bunch of gougers!! 50 bux for an ethernet card??? My ISP gave me one for free. What are they, like $20 in a store these days.
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Perhaps a distro better suited for noobs would be easier than using yoper. Redhat configured my cable connection automagically during installation.

I would ditch Yoper just because it could't configure a simple ethernet (cable) connection. I would also ditch Yoper because nobody runs it as far as I know. I would recommend either Redhat, Mandrake, or Libranet. Mandrake is touted as being the easiest to install but Redhat works just as well and Libranet's install isn't as pretty but it's stll newbie friendly and the package management system (install/uninstall programs) is outstanding; far better than Redhat or Mandrake.
I would also buy a Linux book if I were you. You can't go wrong w/ this book . TrickyKid displayed an incredible amount of patience w/ your questions that isn't real commonplace on Linux forums. Having a book at hand to answer basic questions immediately really accelerates your own learning curve.
Don't get discouraged! Make sure to search the forums a bit before asking a question because chances are it's already been asked. Make sure to search Google as well. Good luck!