On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 22:12, Keith Powell wrote: > I am about to change to broadband and the hardware has now arrived. > Clarification of a couple of points would be greatly appreciated, > please. > > The Ethernet card has a CD which includes a "wizard" for setting up both > it and the BIOS automatically. But it's for Windows :( > > I have 98SE, which I very occasionally run. Would I be better setting > the card up using the wizard and Windows, and then changing to the > Mandrake hard drive after it has been set up? I have read on this list, > that if one just installs the card, Mandrake will find it. But then the > BIOS won't be set up will it? There is a Linux driver on the CD, which > I would install when in Mandrake. > > It's the same with the router - an easy automatic set-up using Windows, > but little information on setting it up manually. > > For information, the card is an SMC1255TX-PF, and the router is an > SMC7204BRA - which Derek recommended as working well with Linux. (I > want to "play safe" and not have any problems getting going in > broadband). > > Any advice gratefully received as I am itching to get on to broadband > but am confused at the moment! > > Many thanks > > Keith
Not sure if this is particularly helpful as I am on a cable network but in my own case, I used the Windows program provided to establish the connection and set up my account with my ISP (ntl). Then I just plugged the "modem" into my Linux box (I think you wouldn't even have to do that as you switch between Windows and Linux on the same box), and then set up Linux to work with the new account. My ethernet connection worked first time - now I have a router connected to both Windows and Linux boxes with the "modem" connected as the link to the Internet. I now work with either the Windows machine or the Linux one (or both) without any problem. HTH Alan > > > > -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official A 100% Microsoft-free computer
____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ____________________________________________________
