[wellylug] Saturn Cable Modem Setup

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 00:06, pmilne at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have found the problem, it is in the IP numbers.
> The following are used to set up the cable modem under WINDOWS:
> IP 203.79.118.xxx
> Subnet 255.255.255.0
> Default gateway 203.79.116.1
> 
> >From that I derived:
> Network 203.79.118.0
> Broadcast 203.79.118.255
> 
> However    route add default gw 203.79.116.1     fails for  network 
> 203.79.118.0, network has to be 203.79.116.0

if you add GATEWAY=203.79.118.1 to your
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and make sure BOOTPROTO=none and all the other settings are ok

then do a 'service network restart'

Oh and make sure your firewall is setup properly


> > To tie this network to eth0 it is necessary to use a mask of 
> 255.255.252.0 when using ifconfig  (I need to confirm tomorrow and 
> work out how to set things up without having to tweak ifconfig and 
> route).  Saturn in this case seem to be using a cluster of 1024 (less a 
> few) IP numbers under the same gateway.
> 
> Broadcast should then presumably be 203.79.119.255 , not as above, 
> but this is hypothetical.
> 
> I did this mucking around (using the F2 console) during installing 
> Debian and managed to install the base system via the cable modem.
> 
> 
> > 
> 
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