On Thursday 14 February 2002 07:58, you wrote: > 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: > ---------------------------------------- Hi SW, I just wanted to mention that I think you need to set your clock and date. Cheers -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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