Sorry about the late responses, but some of you may be interested in the results. About a week ago I asked: > What (in general) type of NIC) do I need to use > a cable modem? Joel Rosenberg wrote: > Any kind will do, as I understand it. Given how cheap NICs are, there's > no particular reason not to buy a new $16 10/100 one rather than a > discount .99 10mpbs one, but if you've already got the slow one around, > it's not going to be a problem. The fastest throughput I've been able > to get out of my cable modem, under the best circumstances, is something > a bit better than a T1 -- but it would take six T1s to fill up a 10 > megabit channel. I did install the NE 2000 clone (actually a D-Link 220), set it up with Slack, and it is working just fine with AT&T's Cable Modem. Thanks! > The real reason to have a 10/100 card is for communicating with other > machines on the local network, and if you're not doing that, no need -- I also have a 10/100 card for my home LAN, on which IP Masquerading is working just fine now :-)> The cable installer left about 10 AM this past Saturday and I had a working configuration by 2:30 PM, even with interruptions for family duties. Glenn McDavid mailto:gmcdavid at winternet.com http://www.winternet.com/~gmcdavid