[3927] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Linux and my cable modem...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hmmmz)
Thu Aug 1 22:26:53 1996
From: "Hmmmz" <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:19:09 -0800
> > I'm a proud new owner of a zenith homeworks cable modem... i love
> > the speed, cost, etc.. But there is only 1 problem. I can only use it
> > with windows 3.1/95 as of now!!! Does anybody out there know if there
> > are any drivers for linux?
> >
>
> I'm a lucky owner of a zenith homeworks cable modem too, and you don't
> need any drivers since its plug on an ethernet adapter. I'have a
> cheap ethernet realtek rtl8029 PCI, ne2000 compatible, work fine.
>
> Only one concern about the cable modem, it needs five minutes of warm
> up before beeing operational. Your too?
>
> Please don't reply on root@urbanet.ch, it'not my address (I'm trying to
> configure sendmail :*), but to philippe.strauss@urbanet.ch
>
> --
> Philippe Strauss, CH-1092 Belmont
> Private Email: philippe.strauss@urbanet.ch
>
> " Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
> Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
> THAT's relativity. " Albert Einstein.
Hmmm well i guess i'm not so lucky as nobody i know of has been able
to identify the ethernet card i am using.. and it is not a 10BaseT or
BNC connection.. i think it is called something like thick net.
hmmmm
