Is it good speed?

[sams]

Hello,

I am getting 3100 kbps on cable broadband.

Is it good speed?

[abc_jack]

hi
All of the setups below use ethernet cards (network cards) to connect you somehow to the Internet. That is why first we need to check if your ethernet card is working and most importantly can be used (read is supported) in Linux. There is a comprehensive Ethernet HOWTO at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html if you would like to read it otherwise try this.

Boot into Linux, During boot up a message like this should appear...

eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af ee 01 23, IRQ 10.
3c509.c:1.07 6/15/95 [url]becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov[/url]



Before you try anything, go to control panel, network, and properties for your network card. Write down all of the information. You will need it later.

TCI, the company that runs @Home issues a Etherlink III 3c509b NIC for all of their customers. What TCI does not tell you is that when they install your ethernet card, it is in PnP mode. Now in Slakware, if you uncomment the proper line for this card, everything will appear to be working fine. There will be no system problems, but the 'PC' light on your CyberSURFR modem will never turn on. If you are using Slakware, and are having this problem, reboot in DOS and skip the next paragraph.

In RedHat 5, your system will have some trouble autodetecting the card. If you try to pass the paramaters manually, the system will hang. This should be obvious that your card is not setup properly. Before wasting anymore time, reboot in DOS (This is a must because as of 12/25/97, there is no utility written for Linux to turn off PnP and turn on ISA.)

TCI does not give out a utility disk for your ethernet card, so you must download the utility from one of 3Com's sites. Here is a link to 3COM's page for driver download.

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/index.htm