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Anyone have Optimum Online and use a WinXP/Linux dualboot pc??

raystorm

raystorm

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I have a question regarding my cable connection. I just got Optimum Online and easily installed it within seconds and works great under WinXP. I also have Mandrake Linux 9.2 installed in a dual boot config along with XP and would like to be able to use my new cable connection under Linux as well.

I was wondering if I am able to do this because the optimum software cd is only for windows and mac, not for linux. I'm assuming I could just use the networking information under "network connections" in the XP control panel and put that under Linux but I dont know how. Also I read that optimum online checks the modem once in awhile and I dont want it to think that if I were to use it under Linux that it is on another pc (since they charge for extra pc connections).

Any Optimum Online users out there with a Win XP/Linux dualboot config that can help me out?

Thank you in advance to those that can help.
 
Wireless or wired router? It would always appear as just one computer, and from my experience, there is no way of telling that it is a router as long as you have the firewall and NAT enabled (that'll give you added security too). Only way they could tell is by monitoring your traffic, but then that's going a little too far IMO.
Wired routers can be had for $10-20. Wireless can be had for as little as $20-30.
 
If it's cable, I don't think there's any reason it wouldn't just work. I ran my cable provider's software to setup my connection, but run many winxp boxes off of it that never had the software. I'd hope Linux is smart enough, too.... just have it use DHCP.
 
My understanding of raystorm's problem was that he was using software that logged him into his cable service. Such software won't work on linux. Now, if all the software is doing is assigning an ip to the machine, and not logging in or anything of the sort, then yes, linux can easily handle it via assigning a static ip or using dhcp. If you need to login to your cable provider (maybe like pppoe) then there are scripts to do that, but I think since routers are so cheap, it'll make running linux easy as you won't have to mess with the network settings and you can just use dhcp by default.
 
Absolutely NO SOFTWARE is needed for Optimum Online. I have had it for almost 4 years and never had the CD anywhere near my computer. I have run BSD,Redhat, and Knoppix on my LAN and never had an issue.
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I will try out onelin0's suggestion regarding DHCP under linux before trying out the router suggestion. I need to find out my connection information though.. mboy.. you said you have Optimum Online.. where do you find all the connection info and where would you put it under linux? I'm very new to linux (and broadband in general.. thank god no more dialup!) so I dont know much about it quite yet.

Thank you for all your suggestions though my friends..its very much appreciated!
 
Originally posted by: raystorm
Thanks for the suggestions. I will try out onelin0's suggestion regarding DHCP under linux before trying out the router suggestion. I need to find out my connection information though.. mboy.. you said you have Optimum Online.. where do you find all the connection info and where would you put it under linux? I'm very new to linux (and broadband in general.. thank god no more dialup!) so I dont know much about it quite yet.

Thank you for all your suggestions though my friends..its very much appreciated!
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Their is no onformation. They assign you a WAN IP. All you need to do is set the WAN to DHCP. Thats it, they pass along the rest. You can take a brand new PC with whatever OS you want, set the WAN to DHCP and thats it.

BTW, you shouldn't be running on OOL without a router to at least NAT yourself against the rest of the world. Only asking for trouble!


If you really curious to know what settings they are passing to you (in windows):
click start
click run
type cmd-hit enter
type ipconfig /all and there are all of your network settings
 
Originally posted by: mboy


BTW, you shouldn't be running on OOL without a router to at least NAT yourself against the rest of the world. Only asking for trouble!
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Really?? I know a few people on OOL and they have no router at all. Mmmm.. any recommendations then? Its only one pc that my OOL is connected to... thought routers were really for networking multiple pc's with one connection? ...eh.. as you can tell I'm a bit of a newbie with networking stuff. Thanks again for the reply.
 
Nat (altho not really a firewall) will give u firewall like properties and SPI will go a little deeper.
BUy the cheapest router you can find for the most part.
If you aren't at least running a software FW (god I hate them), then you most likely have been compromised already. OOL is notorius for being targeted for it's HUGE bandwidth by those sneaky little scipt kiddying fileswapper/Pirates.
You will most likely be compromised within 30mn on OOL without some type of firewall.
A router will block most if not all inbound connections for you.
 
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