Re: problems with NTL broadband connection...are now fixed

Dear People and Jason,

I tried rebooting the set up box today and now the linux PC connection is 
working again....
I had to sign up with the NTL site again.

It seems my network card is working fine.

Thanks,

Michael Fothergill





> From: Jason Lucas <jason.lucas7@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Michael Fothergill <mikef20000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [man-lug] problems with NTL broadband connection....
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:56:18 +0100
>
> On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 20:36 +0000, Michael Fothergill 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.
> Mike, those are still the valid DNS addresses. Try 'ping'ing them - if
> you don't get a response, try unplugging & re-plugging in your NTL cable
> box - NTL did a software update a couple of days ago that screwed-up the
> connection for awhile. Re-booting the NTL box, as described, sorted the
> problem.
>
> Good Luck, Jason.
> >
> > 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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