I am running a similar setup at home. I have a netgear or dlink router (not sure which I am posting this email at work). My cable modem is connected to its wan port. Then I have all of the boxes plugged into either the router or an additional switch which is connected to the router with a cross-over cable. I have Fedora, Redhat 7.3, Win2k, WinMe, Mac OS8.1, Mac OS7.5, and Net BSD boxes hooked up to my network currently. They all share the cable modem's 1.5MB internet connection and it just works. On Thursday 25 March 2004 18:34, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm using NTL in the UK. The cable modem supplied has both USB and ethernet > sockets so of course I use ethernet. > > I did have problems for a while, connecting the PC directly into the cable > modem. Worked OK at first, then the printer stopped working, which I > suspect was something to do with NTL messing about with DHCP settings. > > Bought a router, the Belkin cable/DSL router, which has a built in DHCP > server, NAT etc., plugged it in and all my problems instantly went away. > Everything has worked perfectly ever since. > > BTW I am still using RH9, but I set up FC1 for my son on his PC, plugged > into the same router, and that works fine too. > > So, my recommendation is, definitely go for the cable modem, but make > certain it has ethernet, and also buy a router, it's well worth the money. > > Dave F > > >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... > > > >Just want to know > > > >>>>from others' experience how easy it is to set this up in Fedora? > >>> > >>> 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
