[CLUE-Tech] AT&T Broadband

[Brandon N]

if you're on debian, all I did was change /etc/network/interfaces and
changed the external interface (eth1 in my case) to this:
interface eth1 dhcp   

(I think, I can't check it right now because I'm at work and can't
remember what my new ip address is.)

Brandon
--- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jbrockmeier at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Jeffery Cann wrote:
> 
> > Joe,
> > 
> > I feel your pain.  I already went through section 3 of the DHCP
> mini-HOWTO,
> > referenced by Brandon and I am still not able to connect as of this
> morning.  I
> > am at work, so I cannot try some other ideas.
> 
> 
> Yes, the mini-HOWTO isn't much help. An actual config file that I can
> modify is what I'm looking for. Don't be stingy people, post those
> configs!
> 
>  
> > I think it is an AT&T problem at this point.  For example, my cable
> 'modem' no
> > longer flashed amber as of this morning, but the network traffic
> light was not
> > flashing green.  Previously, it flashed all of the time, which (I
> believe)
> > indicates network traffic.  Since it was not flashing this morning,
> I can only
> > believe that my part of the network was not running yet.
> 
> 
> Well, I wouldn't doubt that it's AT&T, but I have no way of
> confirming
> that -- I've been using a static config for quite a while, so setting
> up DHCP is a new adventure -- and the docs really suck. I've also
> heard
> that @Home doesn't play well with Linux, so I'm wondering if that's
> the problem, or if they're still down, or if I haven't set everything
> up right.
> 
>  
> > Another reason I think it is AT&T at this point is that I have
> tried several
> > times this morning to connect from Yahoo email client to my new
> email account
> > at mail server mail.attbi.com.  This does not work either.  Yahoo
> reports that
> > the connection to mail.attbi.com died unexpectedly.  This conflicts
> with other
> > observations / abilities to retrieve email.
> 
> 
> I've tried that too -- no luck. So much for getting the email with
> instructions. I can sign in on their main site, but the links to
> manually configuring the DHCP are broken or only accessible to people
> on AT&T. (Nice support, huh?)
> 
>  
> > I do have other friends whose accounts (including email) are
> working.  They are
> > all on various versions of Windoze.  I tried to connect my wife's
> NT machine
> > and that does not work, either.
> > 
> > When I get a working configuration, I will post it.  Also, if
> you're still on
> > Slackware, maybe check alt.os.linux.slackware.
> 
> 
> Some of my machines, but my firewall is a Debian box. Thanks for the
> response, though.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Zonker
> 
> > --- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jbrockmeier at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> >>I'm still having trouble getting online (with @HOME) and I don't
> >>know if it's me or them -- could someone POST A WORKING CONFIG FOR
> >>THE LOVE OF GOD.
> >>
> >>Sorry for "shouting" but several people have said "gee, it's
> working
> >>now" but completely ignored requests for their configs. I'd really
> >>like to get off the damn modem.
> >>
> >>Zonker
> >>
> > 
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