On Monday 04 March 2002 20:39, you wrote: > On Thursday 14 February 2002 11:18 am, you wrote: > > I can finally get cable Internet. I got a list of cable modems from the > > cable company that they say work with their service. Is the choice of a > > modem an issue for Mandrake? If so which ones will work? I'm running > > 8.0, expecting to upgrade to 8.2 when available. > > Thanks, > > SW > > Well, it depends... > Most cable modems that I know of run through a NIC, so if your NIC is OK, > it matters not which modem you get. If you want to run a USB connected one > (why would you?) you should check for compatibility for sure. > > I personally use an RCA model DCM226 over CAT 6 to my router to my NIC and > LM 8.1 couldn't care less. It knows to look at my eth0 to get to the 'Net. > > BTW: Welcome to the club! You will never go back... > > Jeff
The cable co. gave me an SMC EZ Card 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI card. Also I've got an RCA DCM245R Modem. SW ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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