Thanks Jon. I've picked up a network card and I'll supposedly get a self-install kit on Friday from the local cable provider. Sounds pretty painless.
Where's Ashland? (MA?) Terry Smith Jon Dowd wrote: > > I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the "Ashland Fiber > Network" This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary > opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for > (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month ! > > This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the > Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically > detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I > clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring > I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken > care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the > same). I was on line at the first boot and still am. > > If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves > the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your > computer and be online ! > > Jon Dowd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Ablejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs > > > Hi Newbie > > I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt > for > > 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer > > Network address > > IP ADDRESS > > SUBNET MASK > > GATEWAY/ROUTER > > HOST: > > DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 > > DNS NAME SERVER 2 > > DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER > > > > LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO > MUCH > > TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. > > Good Luck and sorry for the caps. > > Harry > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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