[olug] Has Anyone Gotten the New Cox (Motorola Surfboard) to work with Linux?

[neal r]

 Get the config from the windows box - address, mask, gateway, dns, and
get the hardware ethernet address


ifconfig ether 'hardware address from windows machine'
enter the other parameters


 and you should be online ... I've run into the same thing with the
Cisco 1605 I use at my house ... changing mac worked just fine.


Jay Woods wrote:

> I'm running Mandrake 8.2. My old very original Cox Modem had quit
> working (according to the Cox technician). The Cox technician
> recommended a new Motorola Surfboard modem and that the old one be
> returned. Now my old Windows system will hook up to the modem
> fine.Neither the Linux system in the dhcp mode nor in the static mode
> to the address given by winipcfg will work with the modem. Any
> suggestions?
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