I agree. TWC never brought me a card, but did supply me with an absurdly long USB cable (separate from the one in the Surfboard box). When I asked the TWC tech about compatibility and the USB connection, he just gave me a blank look. I tried it with my RJ45 and of course it worked fine. I have tried the USB on my test boxen, and it worked after some looking around on the lkml, but prefer to use the RJ45 since I actually plug it into my router.
Matt > ---------- > From: Jason Purdy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];Triangle Linux Users Group discussion > list > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:19 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Re: Cable Modem and Linux > > > A few years ago, I was using USB from a Motorola 4100 Surfboard cable > modem > and I worked with Brad Hards (basically, he sent me patches and I sent him > debug logs) and it made it into a -ac kernel release: > > http://lwn.net/2001/0712/a/2.4.6-ac2.php3 > > Ahhh ... that musta burnt up a minute or two from my 15 minutes. ;) > > Anyway, suffice it to say, USB should work (it did for me after those > patches), but as I heard from techies, that's not the way it's supposed to > be done and if you can use RJ45, all the better. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Turnpike Man > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:01 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: Cable Modem and Linux > > > YES, RR in the Triangle area does try to put users on the USB connected > cable. > I specifically had to request I get an RJ45 connection, which they > actually > gave me a cheapo 10mbit card too (which I have kindly never used). The > cable > modem I have allows for both, but I bet, unless they have changed, they'll > try > to bring you USB unless you specify. I'd make sure you ask Customer > Service > or > Ordering about that. > > David M. > > --- "Lance A. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Roberto J. Dohnert wrote: > > > > > I am moving to a new house and where i used to live I had DSL, with > > > the new place I am getting RoadRunner. I run Yellowdog Linux 3.0 and > > > Red Hat Linux 9, I was wondering if there were any specific drivers I > > > need to load or anything special I need to do with Linux to get it to > > > work properly with Cable. People can reply through the lists or you > > > can send me a private e-mail. > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I've been running RH Linux with RR for over 2 years now with no special > > requirements. I've got an ethernet connected cablemodem so all I need > > is a NIC in my computer to talk to the cablemodem. Don't know what > > you'll need to do if you get a USB-connected cablemodem (do they make > > such beasts?) > > > > --[Lance] > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
