<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Cable Modem HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >The Cable Modem HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Howard Shane</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" ><TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:hshane[AT]austin.rr.com" >hshane[AT]austin.rr.com</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.9</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-07-30</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: jhs</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Completed draft.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN16" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document was written to assist the Linux user in configuring a cable modem for internet access using a cable network. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#CONVENTIONS" >Conventions Used in this Document</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="prerequisites.html" >Prerequisites</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="prerequisites.html#NETWORKING" >Networking and Ethernet Support</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="prerequisites.html#NIC" >Ethernet Support</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="prerequisites.html#USBCONFIG" >USB Interface Support</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="prerequisites.html#MODEM" >The Modem Device</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="prerequisites.html#DHCP" >The DHCP Client</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="configuration.html" >Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="configuration.html#ETH" >Ready to Start With an Ethernet-Modem connection</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="configuration.html#DEVICE-IFACE" >Grabbing A Specific Interface</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="configuration.html#USB" >Using the USB interface instead of an Ethernet card</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="hardware.html" >Notes on Specific Hardware</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="hardware.html#AMBIT" >Ambit Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="hardware.html#BROADCOM" >Broadcom Cable Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="hardware.html#ERICSON" >Ericson PipeRider Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="hardware.html#MOTOROLA" >Motorola SurfBoard Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="hardware.html#RCA" >RCA (Tompson) Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.6. <A HREF="hardware.html#TERAYON" >Terayon Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.7. <A HREF="hardware.html#TOSHIBA" >Toshiba PCX-XXXX Cable Modems</A ></DT ><DT >4.8. <A HREF="hardware.html#WEBSTAR" >Webstar Modems</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="troubleshooting.html" >Troubleshooting</A ></DT ><DT >A. <A HREF="appendix.html" >Gnu Free Documentation License</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >