[H-GEN] Telstra Bigpond Cable

[Steven Honson]

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I dont have a address of hand, but i know that someone in melbourne wrote a
program for linux that will log onto the bigpond cable network and get a ip
address, a search of google.com might turn up something.
It can and has been done, i know that much for shure.
Sorry i could not help more,
Steven Honson

At 09:33 PM 10/14/99 +1000, you wrote:
>[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
>Unix-related topics. ]
>
>Daehenoc wrote:
>
>> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
>> Unix-related topics. ]
>>
>> Hey, has any one esle here connected BPC to their linux machine? I'm
>> having trouble getting an IP off their dhcp server. Of course their techs
>> are as thick as two short planks, so they don't support Linux connections.
>> Anyone here had this problem?
>>
>
>If you read the Cable Modem HOWTO in Linux you will find that out of all the
>lists
>of cable providers in the world, Telstra is the only one that implements a
>propriatory
>authentication protocol for the DHCP servers.  IE, you cant run the cable
>modem
>under linux.  However I have of rumours that there is some software available
>mucked
>together by somebody that will allow linux to use the modems etc.
>
>Marc
>marcd at kermit.humbug.org.au
>
>
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Steven Honson
shonson at blackhole.ths.tased.edu.au
Unix Systems Specialist
Taroona High School


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