On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:23, you wrote: > Hi gang, Hello!
> I'd like to add a high speed internet connection via a cable modem. My > local cable TV company (Adelphia) will lease me a cable modem, provide > wires, etc, and hook me up via Windows (no Linux support), etc. I am not sure how a cable modem works, but in case it has an ethernet plug, you can certainly connect to it by DHCP. It works for my ADSL connection, and config has been very easy (open the network config, choose "configure", click "dhcp", say yes when it says you have to restart networking, and you're on line. I can now enjoy downloading a Mandrake ISO within 12 minutes vs impossible with a modem. > The plan....do their install under Windoze and then switch to linux. In case of DHCP, there is nothing to install (except a network if you don't have one. > So a couple of questions.. > > Is it reasonable to expect LM to detect the cable modem (I'm assuming > that lots of folks on this list are using cable hookups)? Any > pitfalls/traps? In case you connect by DHCP, it will probably not detect the modem itself (I don't remember having seen my modem), but it will detect the network board which is all what you need. > I need to buy a NIC before I hook up their modem. Will any network card > be OK? Except if you use a very exotic network board, I would say there are 99% chances it will work. You didn't make your board yourself, did you? :-) I bought the cheapest NIC for 750 yen (about 6.5 $), and it works. > TIA. > > Terry Smith Pascal
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