Re: problems with NTL broadband connection....

Hi Michael,

Not sure about your particular problem but I can confirm that my ntl DNS servers are set to 
	194.168.8.100  and 194.168.4.100 so you have the right DNS!

Jonathan

On 7/28/06, Michael Fothergill <mikef20000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear Linux folks,

I seem to have lost my Linux NTL broadband connection.  I use Fedora Core 1
nowadays.  It was working fine for ages but died two days ago.

I am using a laptop running Windows XP and got it to hook up to my cable
modem OK and emailing you from it now.

I wondered if maybe the network card had died on the linux PC.  I guess the
chances of this happening are pretty low and it is likely to be some problem
I have created with a wrong IP address number or a wrong DNS number etc that
has cocked things up.  Maybe NTL have changed something that has messed
things up that I didn't know about.

If you go into the network configuration tables window box then there is a
space where you can specify the primary DNS and secondary DNS for NTL (I
assume) whatever that means.  I found numbers from the NTL website (old
pages) to bung in there.  I was using 194.168.4.100 for the primary DNS and
194.168.8.100 for the secondary DNS.  Maybe they changed these on me.  Who
knows.

What should I put in if anything for the DNS search path? What exactly does
it do?

What hostname should I use?

I just have the set top box which is a cable modem and runs the TV.  I don't
have a seperate router.  Do I need to put anything in the route window box
in the config set up?

If I had a network card hardware failure how could I check for that?

Thanks for your help,

Michael Fothergilll



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