setting up cable internet connection

Jakarta subs at bubs.ods.org
Thu Mar 25 06:38:21 UTC 2004


* Alimin Bijosono Oei (alimin_oei at myrealbox.com) on [040324 19:58] thus spake:

> I am thinking of getting a broadband cable connection because this is 
> the only broadband connection available at my place. Just want to know 
> from others' experience how easy it is to set this up in Fedora? I 
> checked the internet configuration wizard tool, but couldn't see any 
> option for cable connection i.e. options available are CIPE (VPN) 
> connection, Ethernet connection, ISDN connection, Modem connection, 
> Token Ring connection, Wireless connection and xDSL connection. Are 
> there any issues with cable modem compatibility? I am living in 
> Australia and cable internet provider will be Telstra. I would really 
> appreciate any help provided. TIA
> 
> Alimin

Watch out for cable modems that only hook up thru the USB ports. I have
Time Warner Road Runner here and when they originally hooked me up they
used ethernet. But this was 3 years ago. 

Now they hook everyones' cable modem up thru the USB port. This could
cause problems on Linux.  Something to watch for, not saying that the
cable modem thru USB can't necessarily work. You might need to get some
drivers which could be problematic. Ethernet cards are typically well
supported under Linux.

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