You have comcast right? I am also on comcast, but they just took over
jones intercable and have yet to 'upgrade their system' sometime next
year before they will offer us the service..... Anyway I looked on
the comcast web site and found out some details on the service. There
was a line that said something like 'If you already have a network
card, you don't need to get one from us' Sounds like, 'It's ok to
hook the cable modem into your existing lan'. I think they will be
suppling a static ip address, so all you have to do is configure your
gateway and ns addresses in routing info. They didn't mention linux
but from what I read it sounded very linux friendly. I can't wait
till they get here with the service. (Some cable modems are really
modified lan cards for which NO linux drivers are available, since
comcast uses ANY lan card ie: the modem looks like a hub, linux is in
like flint!)
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My local cable company is now offering high-speed cable modem service.
The following excerpt is from their web page Q&A section. I am running
Slink with IPV4 (I believe).
<from Cable web page>
Can I use any TCP/IP stack with @Home?
At this time, @Home supports the following: Windows 95, NT workstations,
and MacOS 7.5.3 with open Transport v. 1.1 or greater TCP/IP stacks.
<from Cable web page>
Does anyone think I would have an insurmountable problem using this
service?
Thanks,
Russ
Russell Cook, Engineering Branch
WSR-88D Operational Support Facility
(405)366-6520 x4237
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