Re: setting up cable internet connection

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Alimin Bijosono Oei,

One thing I'd look out for is the type of cable modem (router/gateyway)
they provide you with. I've seen someone that were USB only (why I dont
know), and that would have an added amount of effort to get it to work if
it will work at all.

-Leon


John Lagrue said:
> Travis Fraser wrote:
>> On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 19:42, Alimin Bijosono Oei wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>> My cable modem just hooks into the NIC in my computer via an ordinary
>> ethernet cable.
>>
>
> Same here. It gets its IP adress via DHCP from the ISP. The computer
> neither knows nor cares that it's communicating via a cable modem; it's
> just using eth0.
>
> JDL
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