I just got hooked up last week. I'm using the modem Charter provided. It is a Motorola Surfboard. I had my second NIC in my PC (setup for DHCP) ready to go when the tech arrived. They will assign it (the modem) a gateway address (192.168.X.X). You can use that gateway address to hook up additional machines. So far I have had no problem with the service. The speed alone is worth it.

Tom Carey

>From: Bill Mills-Curran

>Reply-To: wlug@mail.wlug.org

>To: Worcester Linux Users Group

>Subject: [Wlug] Cable Modem

>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:50:31 -0500 (EST)

>I'm about to take the plunge and get hooked up to Charter Cable for

>internet access. Does anyone have any experience/recommendations for

>cable modems? Is it better to buy my own, and from where?

>TIA,

>Bill

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