Rogers high-speed internet

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:49:42PM -0500, Daniel Armstrong wrote:
> Well... I finally convinced my friend in Kitchener to go with
> high-speed over dial-up, only to discover that DSL service is not yet
> available for their address... which surprises me, being as they are
> close to downtown... But I have checked their phone # on the Bell and
> Teksavvy, websites and actually emailed Teksavvy, and such appears to
> be the case.
> 
> Rogers appears to be the only high-speed option available, but I have
> never setup a cable modem with Linux... and the Rogers FAQ states that
> a technician makes a house call to setup the modem, but not the
> software side of things (at least on the free install... and certainly
> not on Linux).
> 
> Couple questions:
> 
> Is there any special 'gotchas' configuring Rogers high-speed internet
> to use with Linux? My major concern is there might be some config or
> software install that requires a Windows box... which will not be
> available at this address.
> 
> Can the cable modem be accessed and configured through a web browser?
> 
> Does the Rogers cable modem act as a router and dynamically assign a
> IP address to the connected Linux box?

You plug in ethernet cable, enable dhcp, use connection.  That's it.

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