Anyone here find that they can use NTL broadband with linux ?

NTL works fine with Linux/Unix (thats what I am using now). There are several threads which discuss this issue in detail so searching for threads similar to yours maybe helpful to you.

I have knoppix 3.9 and can connect using windows but not linux anyone got any ideas ?

What type of connection are you using? If its USB, then change it to ethernet and Linux should work fine with your connection.

It was ethernet before as well so as far I can see there is no different apart from a) I am now using NTL and b) it does not work.
My PC has been moved but nothing else has been damaged as far as I can see.

Well, my NTL connection just worked out of the box without any need for me to configure anything. Have you tried other distros?

If you are using an ethernet connection, it should work.

What does output of ifconfig show? Is your card up (ifconfig eth0 up)? Is it getting a dhcp address? Is it set to receive dhcp or do you have it set to static?

Sorry for the delay in replying I have problems getting on line.
Unfortunately the laptop at work can not take floppys.

Ifconfig shows
etho Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:C7:C5A:FC
inet6 add: fe80::208:c7ff:fec5:dafc/64 Scope:link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICATST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors dropped overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txquele:1000
RX bytes :2052 (2.0 KiB) TX bytes:4518(4.4KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scopest
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX parckets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TXpackets:159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txquelen:0
X bytes:8064 (7.8 KiB) TX bytes;8064 (7.8 KB)


How can I tell this :-
" Is it getting a dhcp address? Is it set to receive dhcp or do you have it set to static?"

You have no dhcp address. As root issueor and post up the results.

It seems like there are other people who have had similar problems. Take a look here. If you cannot get an ip address after doing what XavierP suggested above, switch off your PC and reboot the NTL modem (as suggested in the link) and hopefully you will be able to resolve your problem. It reminds of years back when I used to dual boot, if I booted into Windows, I would have to reboot the set top box in order for Linux to use the NTL service.

I get just get command not found this is with knoppix 3.9.

I will try rebooting if it does NOT work. I will not reply.


By the way when I used metronet broad band all worked well.

What is the difference or was my PC damaged in the move ?

You need to be root in order to run the commands XavierP posted above.

I was but surprisingly and I should have tried this - rebooting solved the problem.

I'm glad you've finally got it working.