Re: [Sheflug] ntl bb conx

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hi james,
thanks for the reply. After ringing the cable company, I found I had to turn th set top box of then on again, and wait for two steady green lights. Then I needed to turn the ipcop box on. It worked! I was able to get to the ntl registration page with a machine running through the ipcop box, and register. The web site then says to reboot the set top box again, followed by the newly registered computer after the steady green lights appear. I followed this proceedure... and it didn't work. It seems like the dhcp server is not assigning an ip address again.

So, a little progress, but after 18 hours or so I am having to admit defeat. Can anyone help?

>  from:    James Bruce <aca00jab [at] sheffield.ac.uk>
>  date:    Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:36:48
>  to:      shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
>  subject: Re: [Sheflug] ntl bb conx
> 
> i had a similar probelm yesterday, though unfornately it isnt with NTL or
> with IPCOP... cable and smoothwall.... took me ages to wonder why cable
> connection never came up... turns out id forgooten to change the NIC for the
> one thats registered with cable.. it only allows connections from that one.
> i know it sounds stupid, but easily overlooked; check if its the right NIC
> ;)
> 
> james
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <damian.b [at] btinternet.com>
> To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:13 PM
> Subject: [Sheflug] ntl bb conx
> 
> 
> > hi,
> > For the past 3 days I have been trying to configure a box to act as a
> gateway & firewall. I am using ipcop. I think I am almost there. ;)
> > I have the green card configured, so that other machines can access it
> (using a browser), and I have dhcp working so that other machines get ip
> addresses allocated by ipcop.
> > I know the connection between me and the isp is working, and the cable is
> also. I have a windows box that connects direct just fine. I can not get the
> red card of the ipcop machine to connect. Upon boot it hangs for ages, and
> when checking the card with ifconfig I find it is not being assigned an inet
> address.
> >
> > I have tried getting the address assigned to the win box, and changing the
> dhcp option in ipcop for the red card to static and using this address, with
> the NTL dns server, which I got from the win box also. No joy. eth1 now has
> an inet address, but I can not ping the dns server. It says destination is
> unreachable. Again, I can ping this server fine from the win box.
> >
> > My isp is NTL. Has anyone got experience using ipcop with NTL?
> >
> > Thanks for any help any of you can offer.
> >
> > regards,
> > damian.
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