[98377] in RedHat Linux List
RE: RH and Cable Modems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sun Nov 8 19:09:41 1998
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:09:19 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: Joshua Levitsky <jlevitsk@mindspring.com>
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On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Joshua Levitsky wrote:
> If you get that going please post what you did to the list. RCN is in my
> area too. I tried to get my friend's Linux box going on RoadRunner (Time
> Warner) but ran in to problems. Also if anyone here uses RoadRunner (Time
> Warner) and Linux please tell me how. I tried enabling the DHCPC client and
> it get's the name server, gateway, IP, etc... all looks good and I can do
> DNS resolution. I can ping the gateway, but packets won't got past the
> gateway. He has windows too and when he uses the cable modem in windows he
> has to logon to something before IP starts working. I was stumped, but I
> only spent like 20 minutes looking at it.
Bingo - packets won't get past the gateway. You _do_ need to use
the Kerberos authentication software; see another post from me on the
subject for more information and pointers to the software.
Cheers,
- Bill
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