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Article #20Re: Cable Modems & Linux (OPTUS)
From: Stephen Anderson
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:33
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:33
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The easiest distro of all to get connected to O@H is Corel Linux. Once installed, simply go into the configuration program on the KDE Desktop menu bar and select networking. Click on DHCP and insert your COXXXX number as your username and @home as your domain and whammo, you are connected. On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:35:46 +1100, "Ken Thomson" <firstname@zip.com.au> wrote: >Hi, > >I am planning on getting the Optus cable Internet service installed. > >I need to know ... is possible to run this with a linux machine? > >I know there is a linux client program for BigPond cable... does it work with >Optus? Can someone please supply the URLs for the BigPond cable program (and >anything related to Optus & linux) ? > >Thanks in advance. Also apologies for once again bringing up a topic which has >probably been done to death in the last few months. > >Regards, >Ken. > > > > > > > -- ***NOTE***************************************************** Remove n0_sp2m from email address if sending reply via email Address should read as dechah at bigfoot dot com ************************************************************* Regards Stephen Anderson Melbourne Australia
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,207868f8e926ed2e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-17 20:17:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!209.81.14.120!feeder.via.net!enews.sgi.com!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!news.itmel.bhp.com.au!not-for-mail From: dechah@n0_sp2m.bigfoot.com (Stephen Anderson) Newsgroups: poster,aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: Cable Modems & Linux (OPTUS) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:33:49 GMT Organization: BHP Company Ltd Lines: 45 Message-ID: <39c5625a.7237877@news.itmel.bhp.com.au> References: <39b4be72.6e38d@nancy.pacific.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.18.123.130 X-Trace: gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au 969237226 11389 134.18.123.130 (18 Sep 2000 00:33:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itmel.bhp.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Sep 2000 00:33:46 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243