Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <[🔎] 411728.34217.qm@web95107.mail.in2.yahoo.com>, Sandip Sandip wrote:
> > 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip <new.debianuser@yahoo.in>:
> > > Is it that the modem is not 'installed'?
> > >
> > > Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another
> > > windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port.
> > Its a cable modem. When I connect a Windows machine to it, I connect it on
> > the LAN port (Network cable). Once the modem is on, I need no
> > configuration, usernames, passwords, etc. I can access the net.
> >
> > When I connect it to my Debian box, I need to connect it to USB (as my
> > Debian box does not have LAN port - Ethernet cable), I am not able to
> > access the net.

You may be able to use it by getting a USB LAN port, and then plugging 
the cable modem into *that*.  Of course, you will want to get a USB LAN 
adapter that follows standards and has Linux drivers.

Mark Allums