[ale] Question about cable modem connections

[Scott Castaline]

Kenneth Price wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> I've had great success getting IE6 running on Ubuntu.  Should work for 
> you too.
> http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
> 
> A windows box isn't technically "required" to get the cable connection 
> setup.  However, that's all their techs know.  I've found that most 
> insist on playing with networking settings, if for no other reason than 
> to look like they know what they're doing ... and most really don't.  
> However, since the laptop will acquire it's networking info via DHCP, 
> just preconfigure your laptop according, install IE6 (IE7 is buggy and 
> in beta), and hope for the best.  Yes a router is ideal, but it won't 
> help with the setup process one bit.  During a Comcast installation in 
> April, the tech looked at me with blank eyes when I told him I'd be 
> using my Ubuntu laptop for the setup.  All he really needed was IE ... 
> and ALOT hand holding and pats on the back and assurances that it would 
> in fact work.  And it did.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ken Price
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jim Lynch 
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com <mailto:ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Jim Lynch wrote:
>      > I'm about to set out on a project that's bound to be hazardous to my
>      > marriage and maybe my health.  I'm sending my wife to her
>     mother's house
>      > (who is 91) with a laptop running Xubuntu.  When she gets there,
>     she'll
>      > order internet service from the local cable provider.  While I
>     have no
>      > hope that the installer will even know what Linux is, I'm hoping
>     it will
>      > be plug and play.
>      >
>      > My question is, do cable modems work like DSL modems in that they
>     have a
>      > DHCP server built in so all you have to do is plug a computer
>     that works
>      > with a DHCP enabled router?  Or do you have to do some manual
>     configuration?
>      >
>      >
>     I had hoped this would be a simple installation.  Guess I'd better see
>     if I can get IE to run under wine for her.  This old box can't run
>     anything newer than Win98 and there's no way I'd open a Win98 system to
>     the internet today.
> 
>     Another question.  If I go buy a cable modem can I test to see if it
>     will respond to firefox without being connected to the cable?  Maybe
>     that's a solution.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Jim.
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Looks like ie6=s4linux still seems to suck up cpu cycles. It eats up 
100% of one of my dual cores, however it seems to shutdown a little 
better. Used to have to go in and manually kill off all of the processes 
associated with it.