[CS-FSLUG] Re: Cable modem and hub setup in Suse 9

[timbrown at ichristian.com]

Thanks for all your help! I now have three machines sitting here connected 
to the net via broadband working perfectly!
 

Blessings to you, 

TIm 

Fred A. Miller writes: 

> On Mon December 27 2004 2:06 pm, N. Thompson wrote:
>> When we had Roadrunner as our ISP they used cable modems, all we had to
>> do was set up the network cards to use DHCP like you did, the only time
>> I was unable to load some sites was when I was using a poorly supported
>> 3Com network card which was on my new computer and by then we were using
>> a different IS which used DSL. I have to give SUSE credit since it was
>> the only distribution around at the time that supported the 3Com card
>> however I was unable to load some sites like Google, I later found out
>> that the driver was either another that was modified to support the card
>> or support for the card was just a hack that didn't work that well
>> because it would drop packets. If your problem is anything like mine I
>> would recommend trying a different network card if you have one lying
>> around unless of course you already know that card works well.
> 
> Just to add some of my experience, which now includes WELL over 600 boxen I've 
> installed SUSE Linux on. I found that if I wanted a Nic. to work on ANY box 
> right out of the box, just spend the little extra cash and install an Intel 
> Pro 100....or whatever 100 base card from Intel you can get. 
> 
> Fred 
> 
> -- 
> "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the
> Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks."
> -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah 
> 
>  
> 
 


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