Re: Cable modem in Portage

["Mike Nicholas" <nicholas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tony,

Any price break on the cable modem $ if you have TV cable as well?

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Gettig" <GettigAM@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Cable modem in Portage


> You can connect it via USB or Ethernet. I am opting for the ethernet
connection. Cable to fw eth0, fw eth1 to my hub, and so forth.
>
> I *almost* got floppyfw working last night. The second nic I installed
became eth0, and now the original eth0 (now eth1) won't initialize. I'm
guessing I need to mess with  syslinux.cfg now, but I just ran out of steam
and had to sleep.
>
> Does this problem sound familiar? Anyone else encountered this? The
internal nic is the compaq brand (netelligent, or something similar) and the
newly installed one is an Intel. If I boot to Red Hat, both interfaces are
fine. It's just on the floppyfw. TIA for any pointers in the right
direction.
>
>
> Tony Gettig
> Technology Services
>
>
> >>> Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> 02/13/01 12:48AM >>>
> > Yes! They're finally here! Cable dude just left after installing the
> > RCA cable modem (they own, I rent). If you're in Kalamazoo or Portage
> > and have Charter for cable, there's a good chance you can get it.
> >
> > Now, onto the project of floppyfw at home... :)
>
> What type of connection does the cable modem have?  (ethernet, USB, ...)
>
> Please let me know if it works with Linux.  Especially if it's USB.
>
>