[Ham-Linux] linux and cable modems (again)

[k9wkj]

do you need a straight through cable
if you were going to a windoze box then you had a crossover cable
just a thouught

cul de k9wkj

Bob wrote:

> Thanks for all the helpful (and quick!) replies, both those who 
> answered on the list and off.    I still don't have things working.    
> Most repliers are asking about the set-up, here it is:
>
> I installed Redhat 6.1, I know this is not the latest release, but I 
> got the disc in a library book and thought I'd install this version 
> just to get my feet wet with linux before buying a newer distribution 
> or fooling around with downloading huge files.
>
> The cable network uses DHCP and I selected that option when I 
> installed the Redhat.  So, from some of the replies I got, it sounds 
> like I choose the right option.   I think the system recognizes my 
> network card because I see some text about ethernet scrolling by when 
> I boot.
>
> My network card is a Linksys and at one point I swapped the card out, 
> replacing it with a generic clone that looks almost exactly like the 
> linksys.   I've checked the cat 5 cable by plugging it into the 
> windows computer and it seems to be OK.
>
> What next?
>
> Bob
> K3VOT
> State College, PA
> FN10cs
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