One thing to be aware of is weather the modem is a route or bridge.

Router--Just plug in your network (masquerade to get internet services)
Bridge--You will need a second NIC (or switch/router) to keep your lan
traffic off the internet segment (think of a 10 meg segment bridging
over a 128K uplink on DSL) or 10 neighbors bridging a total of 100 megs
onto the cable segment

New cable modems block all non-public traffic (after early providers
networks died)

To make the DSL profitable the DSL modems are just bridges

Chris Midkiff wrote:
>
> I'd be happy to help with the cable modem, I have roadrunner running
> through linux as a masquerade server for the network.  Really, all you
> need is a functional ethernet card set to retrieve info via pump or
> dhcpcd.  Please send more info, (Distro you are using, Nic, network
> setup, etc)  The roadrunner login program is not nessisary to browse or
> retrieve email. It's only used to administrate the account (change
> password, etc).
>
> Chris Midkiff
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Randy Rathbun [SMTP:randy@middlewest.com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:19 AM
> > To:   kclug@kclug.org
> > Subject:      kclug - Cable Modem and DSL - help!
> >
> > A while back someone mentioned they had hooked up a cable modem to a
> > linux box.
> > A friend of mine is having trouble getting his box to play with his,
> > so I
> > figured I would ask here if someone has a link to any info I might be
> > able to
> > pass on to him.
> >
> > Also, if anyone has any info on hooking up to DSL, please pass that
> > along also.
> > I am getting DSL installed 2/16 at my house and want things to be
> > smooth.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>