It's a cable modem, Aly. I've yet to see an internal cable modem...not saying that there isn't such a beast, but I haven't come across any.
Again, the issue is going to be whether James is trying to connect to this cable modem via ethernet (always the better solution) or USB. On 23 Jan 2003, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Given that this modem is an external modem ! > > Cheers, > > Aly. > > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 22:03, Mike Burger wrote: > > Is this a USB or ethernet connected cable modem? > > > > If ethernet connected, just change your network settings, on your linux > > system, to dhcp and then "service network restart"...this will then set > > your system to try to obtain an address from the cable company. If you're > > using ethernet, you don't have to configure anything on your Linux system, > > regarding the cable modem, itself. > > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, James Ko wrote: > > > > > > > > hi everyone! > > > > > > I am trying to set up my cable modem to my Linux 8.0 personal system. I have an >RCA modem from Comcast cable company. I heard that this modem is for windows-based >pc's. I tried going into Internet confiig. wizard and activating my cable modem and >ethernet card, but it doesn't activate. It brings up an error message-- "cannot >activate" Any suggestions? Thanks! -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
