I've had cable service in two locations now (Duluth and Plymouth) so I guess that makes me an expert. ;-) Assuming he's getting a service similar to the two I've had the cable "modem" is an external box. In Duluth Charter used Samsung units, ATT is using 3Coms. This connects via 10BaseT Ethernet to a standard NIC. As far as using Linux is concerned he needs to get DHCP setup. Unless the company actually says they support Linux he may want to get a small Win9x partition setup for the install. Most of the installers simply come in hook up the device to the cable, to the computer, and then run some "installation" software that checks the connection downloads a file (large in the 20Mb range) to get a throughput rating that the installer feeds back into the install report. Most of the systems key off of the MAC address of the NIC. In my case I had them do the install on the Win 95 side of a dual boot box and then slipped the NIC into my firewall box and away I went. As for getting hassled for running Linux, for the most part they don't care what you run once it installed. They most likely wont guaranty a level of service if the install is done on a Linux box because they can't use the software to do the full check. Rambling on... Jack On Tuesday 27 February 2001 15:42, you wrote: > Hi, > > My brother is running a linux system and wants to get hooked > up to the internet via cable. > > He is wondering what sort of issues are going to come up. > > What sort of device will he be given to connect to the cable? > Is it something internal to the PC or connected via > a network card, or ???. > > Is he going to get hassled for running Linux. > > ??? > > Thanks, > Kent > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list