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patrickp · 28-10-2005, 08:41

If you're using ethernet, you don't actually install he modem on your PC, you install the NIC, and use that to connect to the modem, or a router. I would have thought that x64 should have drivers for most common NICs; otherwise I suppose it's down to whether the manufacturer has made x64 drivers available. And that's a lot more likely than ntl producing x64 compatible software. Some people would say they can't even produce XP/W2K/ME/W98 compatible software yet...

As MagicMan says, if your modem's already working with ntl, and you've got a working NIC, all you do is connect the lead, power the modem up and let it settle, then power the PC up. You should be connected.

If you're connecting with USB, you will need to install the modem on your PC, and it's unlikely ntl will provide drivers for this for a while yet. Another reason not to use USB for your connection! ;-)

And welcome to the forum!

28-10-2005, 08:41	#5
patrickp Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: in the groove Posts: 897	Re: NTL and Windows XP Pro x64 If you're using ethernet, you don't actually install he modem on your PC, you install the NIC, and use that to connect to the modem, or a router. I would have thought that x64 should have drivers for most common NICs; otherwise I suppose it's down to whether the manufacturer has made x64 drivers available. And that's a lot more likely than ntl producing x64 compatible software. Some people would say they can't even produce XP/W2K/ME/W98 compatible software yet... As MagicMan says, if your modem's already working with ntl, and you've got a working NIC, all you do is connect the lead, power the modem up and let it settle, then power the PC up. You should be connected. If you're connecting with USB, you will need to install the modem on your PC, and it's unlikely ntl will provide drivers for this for a while yet. Another reason not to use USB for your connection! ;-) And welcome to the forum!