On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > > My local cabel company COGECO informs me that no Linux system is
> > > compatible with their modems so I can not connect to the Internet
> > > through Linux. However, can Linux read Windows 98? Can I still dowload
> > > software in Windows and somehow transfer it to Linux. The word
> > > 'transfer' may be wrong, but can I use the two together somehow so that
> > > I can download software to the Linus system. Any help would be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> I wouldn't necessarily take their word for it. They just
> don't WANT you to use Linux. AFAIK, a cable modem is just
> another network device, which uses coax to connect to your
> computer.
> John
Unless they are useing one of the internal cablemodems it most likely to
work. They general just plug into a ethernet card. They may require extra
software however that doesn't have a linux port..
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