When my DSL was installed, I told him (COVAD guy) that I was using FreeBSD for my gateway and that was the way it had to be. He was fine with it - he set everything up on his laptop and did his tests from there. Once he was sure the connection was live, he left me all the information. It was completely up to me to get it working with FreeBSD - which only took a couple of minutes. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Ungerleider" <jack at jacku.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Cable modems > 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 > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >