Personally I would go with DSL if it is available in your area. My reason
for this is the main reason a person gets cable or DSL is because of the
fast connection and being on 24/7. The more subscribers on a cable line
the slower it will access (and download) depending on the amount of
people that are "on" at that time.
We have our DSL line through Pacbell and they do not support Linux (if
you should have a problem) and I believe that most of them will say that
they don't support Linux. I have figured out the reasoning for this and
that is because Linux has a much faster bandwidth than Windows does. I
tested this out when downloading the 7.2 Beta -- on Linux it downloaded
at an average of 148 K/sec when doing it on Windows it was 52K/sec BIG
DIFFERENCE!!
Just throwing in my $.02 worth (add California tax 8.5%) <giggle>
Patti
Registered Linux User #184611
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/8/00, 4:15:35 AM, Greg Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
Re: [newbie] Cable Modem.:
> Setting up a cable modem to work in linux is usually as easy as setting
up a
> network card.
> However, apparently depending on your local provider's implementation,
there
> are a couple things to keep in mind:
> Most cable providers use DHCP to assign the IPs to attached hosts, but
some
> use Static assignments.If they use DHCP make sure you have the latest
DHCPD
> or pumpd, whichever you plan to use.
> Most cable companies seem use the MAC address of the cable modem itself
for
> LAN identification, but a few are actually using the MAC address of your
> internal network card. This will cause problems if you need to change the
> network card in your computer.
> Check with your cable provider, and try to get as much information out of
> them as possible. It may not be easy...the support techs I've had to
speak
> with at optonline don't seem to have a clue about networking issues. The
big
> solution is to turn off the computer, turn off the modem, and then turn
both
> back on. Oh, and then try using WinIPConfig.exe in windows (they hardly
even
> undestand the output of the command line "ipconfig /all".
> --Greg
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I am thinking about getting cable modem as my internet connection and I
> > wonder if there would be any problem with getting connected with Linux.
> Has
> > anyone got cable modem that would like to share with me. Problems or
not?
> > Like some advice before getting it.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
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