hello again - and a question about Rogers

[James Knott]

I've been with Rogers for over 4 years and never had a problem with the 
connection.  I just set up my computer for dhcp and it works fine. 
However, if you can't get Linux to work properly, get one of those cheap 
"routers", to connect to the cable modem.  You might also want to use 
Ethereal, to monitor what's happening between your computer and modem.



Matt Cahill wrote:
>  
>   Hello all,
> 
>     Once again, I've returned to the list, eager to see the comings
>     and goings of Q's & A's.  Hope everyone is well.
> 
>     During the last while, I've switched distros.  I've moved from
>     Mandrake (v10) to Libranet, taking advantage of their 2.8.1 trial
>     freebie.  It's new, it's Debian, it's a bit of a learning curve,
>     but I'm liking it.
> 
>     One peculiarity that's been driving me nuts is the following:
>     back when I was using Mdk, infrequently I'd find that my machine
>     couldn't connect to the Rogers at Home cable modem.  This was almost
>     always from a cold-boot situation (as in: get home, turn on
>     computer).  I'd try restarting the network service, but no luck.
>     I was usually left with two solutions: power-cycling the cable
>     modem and restarting services (which was never a guarantee) or
>     simply rebooting.
>     
>     Now, under Libranet, I find that it's happening almost *every* time
>     I start my computer cold.  The external modem is lit "Online" as
>     it should, and I'm sure it's fine.  Somehow though, there's some
>     sort of problem with my box conversing with it.  I'm beginning to
>     think that perhaps this is an issue on Roger's end (client
>     verification of some sort?).  Regardless, it's a pain.
>     
>     Has anyone else been experiencing this?
> 
>     Thanks in advance for any clues,
> 
>     Matt
> 

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