[SWLUG] ntl Broadband and Mandrake 9.1

['o-Dzin Tridral]

Dear all,

(You may find the same question on the Yahoo Mandrake list) 

I am interested in changing to Broadband and the simplest way might be
with our current telephone company ntl.  Apparently everything 'should
work' and a lot of what I've read seems to indicate that it would.

We're running Mandrake 9.1 and the machine has an ethernet card.

Could anyone tell me what the next step is, once the cable modem is
plugged into the ethernet port?  Apparently we have to get a temporary
IP address, and then register for a permanent one.  I'm told that the
installing engineer will not know what to do.

Does anyone have a recommendations re firewalls etc?

Many thanks for any help,

'o-Dzin

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