Re: Surfboard 4100 cable modem?
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:11:07 -0500 Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought cable-modems generally were external things that used an ethernet board in the computer itself to hook the system up to the cable box. However, he says that Windows doesn't have a driver for any sort of Ethernet card, instead it has some sort of Motorola Surfboard 4100 driver. This suggests to me that they have their own private type of Ethernet card that will have to be handled. Does anyone know first if this is correct, and second if there's any hope of getting the Linux kernel to talk to these devices? I didn't see any promising drivers (aside from a SurfBoard 1000, which is completely different) in the kernel. The Surfboard 4100 can indeed be connected to a Linux box. As long as the Linux box has an ethernet card and is configured correctly to use it, the Surfboard will work. The latest version of the Surfboard has an alternative method of connecting to the PC by using USB - maybe this is what you mean when you say that Windows appears to have a Surfboard driver and no ethernet driver? -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
Re: Surfboard 4100 cable modem?
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:31:17AM +, Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: I thought cable-modems generally were external things that used an ethernet board in the computer itself to hook the system up to the cable box. However, he says that Windows doesn't have a driver for any sort of Ethernet card, instead it has some sort of Motorola Surfboard 4100 driver. This suggests to me that they have their own private type of Ethernet card that will have to be handled. Does anyone know first if this is correct, and second if there's any hope of getting the Linux kernel to talk to these devices? I didn't see any promising drivers (aside from a SurfBoard 1000, which is completely different) in the kernel. The Surfboard 4100 can indeed be connected to a Linux box. As long as the Linux box has an ethernet card and is configured correctly to use it, the Surfboard will work. The latest version of the Surfboard has an alternative method of connecting to the PC by using USB - maybe this is what you mean when you say that Windows appears to have a Surfboard driver and no ethernet driver? Ah, maybe that's what's happening. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there's a driver for the USB interface, if that's what they're using. :( So I guess they'll have to buy more hardware if they want to use Linux, or wait for someone to write one.. Thanks, Daniel -- /- Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] -\ | Put no trust in cryptic comments. | \--- (if (not (understand-this)) (go-to http://www.schemers.org)) /
Surfboard 4100 cable modem?
(yes, this is slightly non-Debian related, but I hope people will bear with me and not send me too much hate mail) A cousin of mine is wondering if his Surfboard 4100 will work with Linux. I'm not familiar with cable modems, and I don't have physical access to the system, so I'm punting and asking this list. I thought cable-modems generally were external things that used an ethernet board in the computer itself to hook the system up to the cable box. However, he says that Windows doesn't have a driver for any sort of Ethernet card, instead it has some sort of Motorola Surfboard 4100 driver. This suggests to me that they have their own private type of Ethernet card that will have to be handled. Does anyone know first if this is correct, and second if there's any hope of getting the Linux kernel to talk to these devices? I didn't see any promising drivers (aside from a SurfBoard 1000, which is completely different) in the kernel. If you know anything about this card, please email both of us (group reply) since we aren't subscribed to -user. (you could just email me, but I'd like to keep him informed) Thanks, Daniel -- /- Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] -\ | Fate always wins...| | at least, when people stick to the rules. | |-- Terry Pratchett, _Interesting Times_ | \-- A duck! -- http://www.python.org -/
