Re: [LUG] Eurobell cable modem, and a couple of monkeys!

[Simon Waters <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P.J.Weaver@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > As I currently have just a single desktop machine I
> > would appreciate advise on network cards best suited
> > to the task. Eurobell offer to supply one for 10
> > pounds.
>
> Any network card that has a utp port on it. £10 isnt too bad, cheapest ones I've 
> seen are about £8. Al it basically is is a dhcp connection, and they need your MAC 
> address to register you.
>
> > They also mention that they will not install on a
> > Linux box but do admitt it will work.
>
> I think it does, at least I assume so, as I'm posting from my laptop right now 
> with a rather nice windowmaker background.

Hmm, maybe an opportunity here, I can't see it being terribly
lucrative, but if you do set it up on Linux I'd suggest
recording the steps for your flavour of Linux, and sending it to
our webmaster!

If nothing else we should recruit a few members, suffering their
first exposure to DHCP client side on Linux (I have to admit
I've only done the client side a couple of times, but *nix
server side DHCP is bread and butter work).

In my experience most companies are happy enough to say "Linux
instructions over there on the web", but decline to support it
for lack of inhouse skills.

Now I wonder how much they pay their engineers per install, and
if they need to know anything beyond setting up a DHCP
connection....

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