plug@arcticmail.com wrote:
>
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> I too would be interested to know what cable modems
> people recommend.
>
> D
I just made this journey with CableOne and they have a supported
cablemodem list on their site.
I went to cable-modem.org and at their recommendation bought a 3Com
3CR292223 (tail fin), it was listed by CableOne also. It wasn't cheap
but I was determined not to go thru the same crap I went thru with
regular modems again.
One thing I found was the support at CableOne is kinda' weak. I asked
for their dns and thought that was all I needed to know but I had to
figure out on my own that initial setup required dhcp.
I'm working on a firewall right now using floppyfw which uses the 2.4
kernel.
Have fun,
Armand
--
ERIC S. RAYMOND: I'd like to introduce Eric Jones, a disadvantaged
member
of the geek community who has been forced to live in a homeless shelter.
Eric? Come on out here and tell us about yourself...
JONES: Well, I'm a consultant for a Bay Area corporation. Due to the
housing crisis, I've been forced to sleep in a shelter.
ESR: How much do you make?
JONES: Over $100,000 a year.
ESR: Wow! And you still can't afford housing or rent? That sounds
terrible... Hopefully with this telethon we'll be able to raise money to
fund new shelters for disadvantaged geeks like Eric here. We also have
plans for a Silicon Valley Terraforming Initiative in which several
square
miles of Pacific Ocean will be turned into usuable land for building
housing and apartments for geeks...
-- Excerpt from the Geek Grok '99 telethon
(text/plain)