> > You just need an ethernet card (that connects by twisted pair, i.e. > RJ-45 connectors and Cat-[35] cable). I'm not sure if the cable modem > will go 100Mbps, but it wouldn't hurt to have 100Mb card in there. > Basically any NIC will work. > Most cable modems (notably, the ones AT&T passes out) only link at 10mbit, this is not a problem as AT&T has a downstream rate limit of 1.5Mbit and an upstream rate limit of .3Mbit CAT5 is recommended, AT&T will give you a piece with the modem =) [shameless plug] Not sure if I mentioned it yet, but a friend and I run a website dedicated to broadband internet access in minnesota, we're collecting information at this point as well as working on an in-house outage monitoring tool. Anyone interested can get more information at http://www.mnbroadband.org Discussion ranges from cable modem internals to venting about poor technical support from The Canadians(R). [/shameless plug] > > -- > Pacem in terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa > Kevin R. Bullock > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Matthew S. Hallacy CACU, PWGCS, and BOFH Certified http://techmonkeys.org/~poptix GPG public key 0x01938203