[SWLUG] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install

[Steve Hill]

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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Marcus Davage wrote:

> He has an NTL cable modem. I've never had a problem downloading support for 
> my
> ISA linmodem, but he's not a techie, and I've never used cable modems before.

NTL cable modems have a USB port and an ethernet port - using USB is a bad 
idea at the best of times and of course ethernet is fully supported under 
linux.  ISTR that you just need a dhcp client running on your linux 
machine and it should Just Work.

(And if he's using USB at the moment then he can easilly switch to 
ethernet - cheapo realtek-based ethernet cards are under a fiver these 
days.)

  - Steve       Jabber: steve at nexusuk.org     Web: http://www.nexusuk.org/

      Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence

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