Brian J. Conway wrote:
Just to clarify, I was referring only to initially registering your cable modem in their system, which is the hard part. After that, you can connect any OS you want as long as it has a working ethernet card and speaks DHCP.
When the charter tech first showed up at the house (Grafton), I had NO computers, nor my cable modem out of boxes. He "set it up" and left. I had to call someone out when I had the teledyne cable modem unpacked, but he used his laptop for everything. After that, my Linux box (debian sarge/testing) came up just fine. In general though, I try to be around when techs come out, and have my work laptop handy. If they seem like they'll gripe about linux or a home network behind the modem, I just say all the computers are for "the kids to play on", and that "only daddy uses his work computer for the cable modem." Kids are great. Blame everything on them. - Bob