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Now that I have Mandrake installed, I'd like to get it to work with my cable modem. I'm currently using a Linksys external cable modem, and it's connected to my computer via USB. I also have a backup dial-up modem in the machine, but I only need to use it when the cable goes down temporarily (doesn't happen often). I just had Belarc Advisor do a hardware/software profile of my machine, and here's what it found under "Communications": ======================================= Generic SoftK56 [Modem] SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Network Card MAC Address: [snipped] Network IP Address: [snipped] ======================================= I don't know if the "SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" is an internal card, or if this identifies my external cable modem. In any event, when I went through the Mandrake installation, it detected two things during the Network/Connection wizard: winmodem lan Since it detected these, it suggested that instead of manually configuring the IP address, etc., I should just accept the defaults as detected (including depending on dhcp for detecting IP/gateway). I did so, and everything *seemed* to be just fine. When I got into the KDE desktop, I found that I could not connect to the Internet. I went into the Mandrake Control Center, and tried to figure out what was happening. While I did see "sis900" listed under the Network Configuration, there was no IP address, and no "gateway" address (I'm not really sure what this is supposed to be). Does anyone here have experience with this type of external modem working with Mandrake/Linux? What can I do to get connected? I really appreciate all the help and encouragement I've been given here, and being ever greedy for more help, I ask that someone rescue me now! :-) Thanks! - -- Melissa PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Body=Please%20send%20keys -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/uu3TjVbXUvsE8ukRAmDCAKDIQpjKLd2Co0wpsJhcmGr2Sgr1rgCcC8Wz PWDnruoz0f47FHwPz1ZZeik= =9f9D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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