I thought PPPOE was for DSL. Why would cable kill itself with this? And do cable systems continue working without having PPPOE installed? (So far, Cox@Home hasn't switched to using such a system. Thank whatever diety as appropriate.) Bill Thompson wrote: > > Hi, > > Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem > installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network > TeleSystems, Inc. I will be using a ZyXEL Prestige 941 cable modem > and a nic card with a RealTek 9139C chip. I'm using Mandrake 8.0, > 2.4.7-14mdk kernel and WindowMaker 0.65.1. The location is Bangkok, > Thailand. > > Two questions - how can I setup switching between my dial-up modem > and the cable modem. > > Second qestion - anyone have hands on tips for hardening a Linux > system using a cable modem. Both successful and unsuccessful stories > are welcome. > > Thanks, > > Bill > -- > "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" > (When all else fails, play dead!) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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