Configuring Linux laptop for Cable internet access????

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

"Gerrald Smith" <gsmith at caldera.com> writes:

> Can you tell me how I can configure my Red Hat 7.1 laptop, which has a
> Ethernet card, for a cable modem-Charter Pipeline?

I'd recommend putting in a home firewall, like the Netgear or Linksys
cable/dsl routers. These boxes connect to your cablemodem and provide
DHCP and NAT to your home network. You can set up your laptop to use
DHCP to acquire its network settings.


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