On Sunday 18 December 2005 20:20, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
On Sunday 18 December 2005 8:00 pm, Joe Zien wrote:
I got your e-mail on suse-linux-e@suse.com and notice you use comcast.net with a cable modem. I just ordered suse 10 and am a comcast cable user and plan to go broadband with a comcast cable modem, at present I only have dial-up. Did you have any problems using a cable modem and could you give me any tips how you set it up in suse 10? Any help would be appreciated.
I'd suggest putting a router between the cable modem and your machine, even if you have only one machine, since that will provide a firewall. Otherwise you'll have to deal with all the firewall issues since your computer will be on the front line of the Internet battleground.
This is my set up on Comcast: I took the Coax and popped it in the Cable modem, then hooked up the cable modem to the router with a Cat5 Cable, then the router has3 other machines on it, and I didn't have to set up anything as it just works out of the box. Then I put a Cat6 cable from the router to a switch which has two more machines on it. Just don't make the mistake most newbies make, when you install don't configure, or TRY to configure the damned connection, every newbie messes up and has no idea what they are doing and thereis no reason to set it up. SUSE uses DHCP by default, just turn the machine on and go. -Allen
Paul