[wplug] Cable Modems

[Bryce Lynch]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Brad Hoover wrote:

> 1.  I'm going to buy a cable modem rather than rent
> one from AT&T.  Not knowing a lot about cable modems,
> are there any differences to look for when shopping
> for one?

No idea, I'm renting mine.

> 2.  Plus do I need to worry about hardware
> compatibility if I try to run it under Linux?  I'm

Nope.  If you've got a NIC that's supported by Linux, you're good to go.

> under the assumption (and I may be wrong) that it
> shouldn't be a concern because the coax goes into the
> cable modem, then the cable modem connects to a hub or
> nic via ethernet cable.

That's right.

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