----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [scottish] Cable Modems
> Hi
>
> >If you are downloading mandrake it is only a beta
> >if you install it your modem will not work, network cards
> >If I where you I would wait a couple of weeks for the full tested version
>
> Bull.
>
> Mandrake 8.0 is a beta, but 7.2 isn't. I downloaded this, burnt it to a CD
and installed it no probs.
> Get a 2.4 series kernel and the cable modem should be fine. Linux is fine
with cable modems -- I have a Surfboard SB3100 from Telewest that connects
to a network card. If it can use a USB bus then it should be able to talk to
the network card..
> (though you might need to do some jiggery-pokery with dhcpcd).
I dont use a network card, just modem to machine. For some reason i cannot
get an ethernet card to work under windows so I am just using USB. Last
thing I heard Linux was not too fond of USB connections, did that change
with the 2.4 kernal?
>
> Redhat 7 is fine, I've downloaded that too. :-)
> For me it takes about 3 hours to download an ISO image, 505-512Kb/sec,
from an FTP site in France. (Address is something like ftp.free.fr, carries
*loads* of distro ISOs - in English!)
What is your downlaod rate? I did a speed test thingy, and it said
connection rate 689K/b, downlaod 80Kb/s. Would that sound right?
Phil Deane
http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk
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