> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Philip S Tellis > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:01 PM > To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cable Internet any one ? > > > On 12 Sep 2003, Nikunj Virani wrote: > > > Can any one provide me with some guidelines to how does a Cable > > Internet thing work ? Has any one done such a setup before and what
As Philip pointed out...its ethernet here...most isps use cable modems to bring the main line one of the convenient location and then connect the hub to the cable modem this hub is used to distribute the lines further. many times, hubs are also cascaded if desired. seems that there is a firm "global network solutions" somewhere near chembur. they have tied up with local cable (tv) people to distribute locally. they also have provided a web based login system on which, each local isp puts his name. so i login to my isp and my isp has logged on to his isp via same tech.. and a linux based proxy web server is given to each location which handles local user database and proxying. also another company is wincablenet, they have a exe program that handles logins...this is however not well supported by linux. third isp i have seen uses different technology. he uses PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) and provides a ppp dialer to each client. once the client is connected via pppoe, he can start surfing... these isps are conected using atm or adsl to their isps but the basic infrastructre provided at the user's end is lean and mean ethernet (twisted pair/10-100mbps) Thanks and Regards, Kiran Ghag Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com _____ The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. -- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
