Thread: Linux on the NTL cable?
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Old 12-04-2006, 19:03   #6
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Re: Linux on the NTL cable?
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Originally Posted by Sandro
Thanks, all! I actually put my question rather badly. I was interested if there was any issue with the hardware NTL supply their customers, in particular their cable-modems. Virtual Snorker rightly pinpointed what I wanted to ask and never asked... There are always some problems with winmodems on a copper line under Linux, so that was the reason I was asking.
Looks like I can use the NTL cable modem under Linux. I am running SUSE 10 which is rather choosy about modems on copper BB and doesn't like quite a lot of them.
Thanks, again.
You misunderstand, the cable modem connects to the PC via ethernet and just works the same as any other ethernet connected device. Nothing interesting about it.

The Winmodem is a completely different class of hardware, it's software based with very little hardware at all so requires extensive driver support. The cable modem requires no drivers at all, so long as there's a driver for your ethernet card and an IP stack present all is fine.
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