[dundee] Telewest Broadband 512Kb

[Steven A. McIntosh]

On Friday 16 January 2004 12:49, Rob Sharp wrote:
> I know that the cable modem used by NTL works in USB mode if you load the
> CDCEther module. I imagine it'll be a very similar setup for blueyonder.
>
> Realistically though, get an ethernet connection as it's way more
> flexible. I find that using USB has more overhead in terms of game
> playing too: Enemy Territory has a lot more connection problems using USB
> compared to my onboard ethernet, but I do use a USB keyboard and mouse...

> >
> > Yip; make sure you get an Ethernet rather than a USB modem; the
> > connection "just works" - DHCP to provide IP address. I'm using
> > Mandrake, and the Mandrake Control Centre did everything for me...
> > There are some pretty savvy folk hang around in blueyonder.comp.linux
> > once you are connected.

I was planning to use eth1 with a dlink DFE-530TX

Do you think that will be OK.

Steven