On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Josh Hope wrote:
> On the page I looked at (http://www.twcol.com, under the Road Runner
> thing), it mentioned under system requirements I'd need a 68040 or higher,
> disk drive, and it'd only work with Mac OS. Is this true? Or what?
> 
> What kinda software would a cable modem use, on this end? Are those
> requirements only for the software they give me (e.g. netscape) or do they
> actually have to give me a special program just to connect?
> 
> I'm pretty sure it wouldn't use normal ppp software. Does it? This is the
> main question I'm asking here. Do I have the software necessary to utilize
> a cble modem in the NetBSD 1.3 package?
> 
> Thanks :)
I have Mediaone, which is something like $40 a month. Those requirements
are for the software like Netscape they give you. In the TCP/IP control
panel all you have to do to get it to work (once the modem is installed
and set up) is tell it to use dhcp. Nothing special.
-Xiamin