I am also very interested in some info. I used to have cable when I was in Vancouver, and it was an external modem that had an Ethernet port. I highly recommend an external modem that provides Ethernet if there is a choice, as it is so nice to be able to put any kind of firewall (IPCop) behind it. Internals and USB have all that baggage... Usually the device itself gets assigned an IP via DHCP and that is it. The rest is up to you. I have heard that TelstraClear's Cable modems are static, but I bet that they are really DHCP, and they have not started to roll IP's yet. Anyways, I will be looking to get some speed back, once I move into my house. Dial Up is so painful now. As far as the DOCSIS stuff goes, I think that they are not allowed on the network here yet, but could work. A custom BIOS has been hacked together for the Motorola Surfboard DOCSIS ver 1.0 modem allowing it to be a DHCP router AFAIK. (common modem in the states) I really don't think that any of that stuff matters here, as the provider has the control at the head end, (Cable equiv of a DSLAM), and if the modem is not provisioned properly, it will not work. It can all be proprietary if the provider wishes it to be in NZ, as I don't think that the cable modem industry here is forced to comply with DOCSIS specs. Ciao, Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Nic Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2004 9:19 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Telstra cable Hello, I have just had a door to door salesman from Telstra come over and put the hard sell on, and I am very tempted to get a broadband cable connection hehe, halfway thru composing this message I did some reading thru the clug archive, found most of my answers ;) these old posts mention chch getting DOCSIS cable modems in the future... do we have them yet? However I am curious to know other list members (that have Telstra cable) find the cable modem under linux... what kind of setup is needed (DHCP?) any pitfalls etc. sorry if this sounds like Telstra helpdesk question, but I would like to know if this will work with linux before I make any commitments. Cheers Nic.
