Trying to connect to NTL via Ethernet with Fedora Core 4 64bit
 

I am trying to connect my Linux box to NTL using the NTL 250 Cable modem using the ethernet connection. I have searched the internet and I can't find a difinitve guide to doing this. All the sites I have seen say plug it in, Install Fedora, Open your web browser and it should work.

Does anybody have a guide that will take me through setting it up manually or point me in the right direction towards a site that I can locate the relevent information.

I didn't have to do anything special to get NTL working with Linux (it was a bit more difficult in the past). All I did was connect my modem to the computer using an ethernet interface and everything just worked out of the box.

Are you sure the relevant kernel module for your network card has been loaded?

I'm not sure, how do I check this. My network card is an onboard asus job.

I had a look with one of those distos that boot from disk (ubuntu) whilst maintaining your system and I worked straight off the bat. This is the reason that I am confused as Fedora is more recognised as a distro.

Easy way to check would be to see if you have an eth0 interface. What does "ifconfig -a" show?

I tried that last night but it came back with command not known.

Either try running it as root, or use /sbin/ifconfig.

Thanks Nylex,

I will try that as soon I can. Thanks for the help.

-Mike

DONE IT!!!!

I had to add the NTL Modem as a device and set it to active. Fedora only listed the internal network card as a device.

Thanks for all the help.

-Mike

Glad to see you've sorted the problem (and that you posted the solution) :).

Yep. I am now a true Linux user. I have even managed to get it to play mp3s and dvds now.

The only other thing to do is get WINE to work. Then I will never have to go back to Micro$oft ever again.