[wellylug] Saturn Cable Modem Setup

[pmilne at paradise.net.nz]

Hi Damon

> Did you resolve this problem?  Should be as simple as setting up a LAN
> connection.
Thanks for your interest, and thanks to all others for responses.  
Unfortunately I do not have a LAN to play with, so my networking 
knowledge is limited.

Thus far:
1.  Works OK under Windows on same machine so NIC 'card' (on 
motherboard - standard 3C905B type), cabling and information ex 
Saturn OK.  Deriving the information needed for Linux but not needed 
for Windows seems no problem.

2.  Linux detects NIC ok when booting up.

3.  ifconfig shows that lo and eth0 are set up as expected, lo pings OK.

4.  DNS information appears to have found itself a home OK among 
the /etc files

5.  route  command (no parameters) shows that no gateway has been 
set up, and attempts to set one up using    route add -net etc is 
rebuffed (  SIOCADDRT: Invalid Argument ).  This is despite trying to 
set up a gateway via the installation procedure or Cable Modem 
Providers HOWTO (Debian), or control panel (Mandrake).

6.  Presumably ifconfig and route commands should be executed by 
start-up scripts but locations and names in /etc seem to differ between 
distributions (and even versions).  Following the Cable Modem 
Providers HOWTO 'by rote' for the Saturn - Debian example should 
work, but perhaps things have changed between Slink (2.0) and 
Woody (3.0).

7. Presumably, once things are correctly configured for bootup, then it 
should be possible for 'Konquerer' or other browsers to access the Net 
once a user logs in.

I will swot up more on networks and keep persevering (at least the 
knowledge gained should help me set up a server).

Thanks again for comments.

Regards
Peter