Cable Modem Providers HOWTO

Vladimir Vuksan

            vuksan@veus.hr
         

Revision History
Revision v4.17May 16, 2000Revised by: vv
Additions to @home and new provider in Bombay, India

This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem or cable Internet provider.


Table of Contents
Introduction
New Versions of this Document
Feedback
Contributors
Standard Disclaimer
Copyright Information
Setting up your Ethernet Card
Regular Cable Modem ISPs
MediaOne Express
@Home
RoadRunner
Rogers@Home
Sunflower Cablevision
Jones Intercable
GTE Worldwind
SpeedChoice, Phoenix, Arizona
Cedar Falls Utilities Cybernet, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Telstra Big Pond Advance, Australia
Fibertel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Videotron (Videon), Canada
Telekabel (Teleweb), Austria
Tebecai, Netherlands
A2000, Netherlands
Shaw Cable, Canada
Cogeco Cable, Canada
Optimum Online, New York and Connecticut
Singapore Cable Vision, Singapore
Cable Wanadoo, France and Netherlands (formerly Casema)
Prime Cable Expressnet, Las Vegas, NV
TVD, Belgium
Telenet Vlaanderen, Belgium
Total-Web, United States
CyberCable, Paris, France
StjärnTV, Stockholm Sweden
GCI.Net, Alaska
Saturn Communication NZ Ltd, New Zealand
Chello, Netherlands
Adelphia Powerlink, USA
21st Century Telecom, Chicago, IL, USA
HTVi, Helsinki, Finland
Garden State Cable, New Jersey
Zoom Internet, Butler County, PA
Charter Pipeline, St. Louis Metro Area
Netcabo, TV Cabo, Portugal
Supercable, Spain
NTL, United Kingdom
Virtua, São Paulo, Brazil
Hathway, Bombay, India
Hybrid Cable modem ISPs
Adelphia Powerlink, USA
LinkExpress, Brasil
ExpressNet, Maryland
Charter Pipeline, Riverside, CA
Chambers Cable, Chico, CA / Fundy Cable, New Brunswick
Smyrna Cable, Atlanta, GA
Amnet de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Prime Cable, Chicago, IL
Millennium Digital Media, Maryland

Introduction

The main goal of this document is to get your system running with your cable modem, and cable internet provider. Unfortunately, many ISPs that provide cable modem services, give you Windows and Macintosh software only.

This document attempts to explain how to setup some cable modems and internet providers in Linux, the tricks to get them working correctly, and the traps not to fall down. It is hoped that this document will assist you, however we make no claims for the validity of the information contained within.

New Versions of this Document

The newest version of this HOWTO will always first be made available on

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~vuksan/linux/Cable-Modem.html

Feedback

Feedback is most certaintly welcome for this document. Without your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. So, please send your additions, comments and criticisms to .

Contributors

The following people have contributed to this mini-HOWTO.

Standard Disclaimer

No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk. As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely, I don't take any responsibility for that.

Also bear in mind that this is NOT official information. Obtaining official information is usually an impossibility with many ISPs. Much content in this document are assumptions, which appear to work for people. Use the information at your own risk.

Copyright Information

This document is copyrighted (c) 1998 Vladimir Vuksan and distributed under the terms of the OpenContent License (OPL). Full text of the license can be found at http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml