I think it depends on the installer.  I had an NT box that I told them to
install it on and they couldn't get it to install with their software.  I
had to manually add the card, DHCP, etc.  I asked him about Linux and he
said it wasn't supported (but neither was NT...)  His feelings were if I
could get it working, it was cool.

Thanks,

James Spinti
jspinti at dartdist.com
952-368-3278 x396
fax 952-368-3255

|-----Original Message-----
|From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org
|[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Austad, Jay
|Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:31 PM
|To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org'
|Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Roadrunner cable & DHCP
|
|
|Umm... Hide your linux box and tell the guy you forgot your WINDOWS laptop
|at work.  Someone I work with ordered a cable modem, and the installer
|wouldn't hook up the line because he said they don't support linux.  When I
|ordered my line, the guy on the phone asked what OS I was using and I said
|linux, he said I needed to use windows or a mac or they wouldn't set it up,
|so I had to tell him that I would reinstall windows to use with the cable
|modem.
|
|When the guy came out, I just said I left my computer at work.  After he
|left, I just called the 800 number to have it provisioned.  They are
|friggin' nazi's about linux.
|
|Jay
|
|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: John J. Trammell [mailto:trammell at trammell.dyndns.org]
|> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 12:22 PM
|> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
|> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Roadrunner cable & DHCP
|>
|>
|> On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 11:28:07AM -0400, Dan Drake wrote:
|> > Later this week, I'll be getting a cable modem installed (Time
|> > Warner/Roadrunner/whatever) and I'm curious about the DHCP
|> they use.
|> > I'm pretty sure the tech will be clueless about setting up
|> the cable
|> > modem with Linux.
|>
|> When I had TW/RR, I used a stock Debian distro with dhcpcd
|> (cd for client daemon), and had no problems.  The install
|> techs didn't even care about the peecee I was going to hook
|> up to the modem -- they just wanted to make sure the
|> blinkenlights on the thing looked happy.
|>
|> --
|> Just Another Perl Hacker.
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