My father is getting broadband connected tomorrow and doesn't know whether he'll be getting a USB cable modem or an ethernet one. He's hoping to run the SUSE system I installed for him as the gateway machine and for email. However, ISTR that USB cable modems can be a problem - does anyone know if this is still the case? (He's using SUSE 9.1 because that's the latest version I have :-) TiA John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!
Today at 8:08pm, John Pettigrew wrote:
My father is getting broadband connected tomorrow and doesn't know whether he'll be getting a USB cable modem or an ethernet one. He's hoping to run the SUSE system I installed for him as the gateway machine and for email. However, ISTR that USB cable modems can be a problem - does anyone know if this is still the case? (He's using SUSE 9.1 because that's the latest version I have
Don't many (most?) cable modems have both RJ-45 and USB connectors to choose from? I have had two, and both of them did. If the only unit available from your father's provider doesn't have RJ-45, he ought to be able to buy a suitable one for $50-$80. Jim Cunning
John Pettigrew wrote:
My father is getting broadband connected tomorrow and doesn't know whether he'll be getting a USB cable modem or an ethernet one. He's hoping to run the SUSE system I installed for him as the gateway machine and for email. However, ISTR that USB cable modems can be a problem - does anyone know if this is still the case? (He's using SUSE 9.1 because that's the latest version I have :-)
Why not just tell the cable company, that an ethernet connection is required?
On Monday 13 December 2004 14:22, James Knott wrote:
John Pettigrew wrote:
My father is getting broadband connected tomorrow and doesn't know whether he'll be getting a USB cable modem or an ethernet one.
Most cable companies will give you a modem with both USB and an ethernet connections on the back of it. Traditionally it's been RCA's and Motorola's. If for some reason it's not an ethernet connection. Request for one. I recommend it. The USB connection is nothing more then USB over ethernet and it's somewhat weird in Linux still. JD
In a previous message, "Justin D. Brown"
Most cable companies will give you a modem with both USB and an ethernet connections on the back of it.
Fair enough - my own broadband connection is old enough that my modem is ethernet only :-) Let's hope it's an ethernet connection they use - the target PC has a network card so it's likely. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!
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