[Tfug] qwest high speed internet and linux

[Joel Howard]

Harry McGregor wrote:
> Ok, I did some more digging on the Qwest 2-Wire modem,
>
> It should work just fine.
>
> http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/networking/homenetwork/modem.html#General
>
> Setup instructions:
> http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/networking/pdf/13168_SetupConfig_DynIP_PPPoA_msl.pdf
>   
Thanks for directing me to this info. I must be close because because
the lights on the box are different today :-)
The ethernet and power lights are on, the DSL light is green (not
flashing), and the internet light is red.
>
> Plug it in via Ethernet to your Linux box, set your Linux box to use
> DHCP on it's NIC,
I used netconfig in Slackware-10.2 to select DHCP, but is there supposed
to be a DHCP hostname? I left it blank. When I do ipconfig I get command
not found, whether I sudo or not. /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start or restart
gets "line(s) 151 (and 114): /sbin/dhcpcd: no such file or directory".
lspci sees my network hardware OK, and the 8139 module for the netcard
appears in lsmod.

and then go to http://192.168.0.1 to configure it.

this won't load (I suspect) because my network isn't running. Not sure
why ipconfig won't wake up or where dhcpcd is. I suspect I'm missing a
pkg. that needs to be loaded or I need to check my kernel support for
dhcp. Am I on the right track?
TIA all...
>                                      Harry
>
> Joel Howard wrote:
>   
>> Hi friends,
>> After the recent merger of gainusa and dakotanet, our dial-up service
>> dropped from v92 to v34.  Send and receive speeds dropped drastically as
>> well.  It seems we linux users can't make much use of their
>> "accelerated" contact numbers which are intended for people using M$
>> software.  The alternate access numbers given to us were just as bad. 
>> So much for good things coming from mergers.  Who wouldn't try to
>> "bundle and save"?
>> We impulsively purchased a month of qwest high speed internet service
>> and were assured by 3 sales people that you could use a linux machine
>> with their 2-wire modems.  Not so.  There's software on their disks for
>> M$ and Mac, but their "manual installation" instructions just lead you
>> to a dead end. 
>> Are there any linux users out there who use qwest high speed internet? 
>> What did you do to interface (now that I'm packing all this stuff up to
>> send back to them?).
>> Thanks
>> Joel and Linda
>>
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