On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:31:17AM +0000, Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I thought cable-modems generally were external things that used an > > ethernet > > board in the computer itself to hook the system up to the cable box. > > However, > > he says that Windows doesn't have a driver for any sort of Ethernet > > card, > > instead it has some sort of "Motorola Surfboard 4100" driver. This > > suggests > > to me that they have their own private type of Ethernet card that will > > have > > to be handled. Does anyone know first if this is correct, and second if > > there's any hope of getting the Linux kernel to talk to these devices? > > I > > didn't see any promising drivers (aside from a SurfBoard 1000, which is > > completely different) in the kernel. > > The Surfboard 4100 can indeed be connected to a Linux box. As long as the > Linux box has an ethernet card and is configured correctly to use it, the > Surfboard will work. > > The latest version of the Surfboard has an alternative method of > connecting to the PC by using USB - maybe this is what you mean when you > say that Windows appears to have a Surfboard driver and no ethernet > driver?
Ah, maybe that's what's happening. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there's a driver for the USB interface, if that's what they're using. :( So I guess they'll have to buy more hardware if they want to use Linux, or wait for someone to write one.. Thanks, Daniel -- /----------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----------------\ | Put no trust in cryptic comments. | \------- (if (not (understand-this)) (go-to http://www.schemers.org)) --------/