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Old 19-04-2007, 12:14   #12
DarkGashX
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Re: Linux and cable modem

I think he wants to know if anyone had VM installed with just Linux on their computer(s). Well the answer for me was yes.

I can help you out, we got cable installed back in October but we had just moved in and we only had the laptop setup with Ubuntu on. What we did was we asked the kind installer to leave the CD, welcome pack etc and that we would set it up ourselves.

Loaded up the laptop and went to: https://autoreg.autoregister.net/ (you can access this webpage using the cable modem even if you haven't registered your service yet-that is what you are going to do now ). You will need an 11 digit number which should be on your welcome pack and if I remember right the account name/number afterwards. If you dont have that information (like we didn't) then give NTL/VM a call (0845 454 1111) and ask them for the details you need. Don't ask them for help with Linux because you will be told "We don't support Unix or Linux, at the moment we only support Windows XP and Mac OS 9 and X. Vista will be supported in the future".

Basically as I said just surf your way over to https://autoreg.autoregister.net/ and follow the steps. If you find out that you don't have a certain bit of information you need, give customer service a call (again, 0845 454 1111).

Oh, almost forgot. Once registered I was suggested that I surf to different websites for about 30 minutes while the system got used to "delivering" to your address. Sure thing was that after registering I was getting ~8Mb on speed tests. When the 30 minutes was up I was getting the full 10 . [Maybe download a new Linux Distro or something? haha]

Good luck! .
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