Help with NTL cable modem

Can anyone I am trying to get my NTL cable modem to work with Mandrake
Linux version 9.2, the cable modem is a Ambit USB Cable Modem, I have
check out the Internet but with no luck and I found the tech support
at NTL world to be close to useless they say they don't support Linux.
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Boby

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Boby wrote:

> Can anyone I am trying to get my NTL cable modem to work with Mandrake
> Linux version 9.2, the cable modem is a Ambit USB Cable Modem, I have
> check out the Internet but with no luck and I found the tech support
> at NTL world to be close to useless they say they don't support Linux.
>
Can you swap it for an ethernet modem? That's far better than a USB version.
Then it becomes a trivial problem.

Dave
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So many gadgets, so little time...

Boby <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Can anyone I am trying to get my NTL cable modem to work with Mandrake
> Linux version 9.2, the cable modem is a Ambit USB Cable Modem, I have
> check out the Internet but with no luck and I found the tech support
> at NTL world to be close to useless they say they don't support Linux.

What does the system say when u plug the modem in the USB port?


P.Krumins

"Dave {Reply Address in.sig}" <noone$$@llondel.org> wrote in message
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> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Boby wrote:
>
> > Can anyone I am trying to get my NTL cable modem to work with Mandrake
> > Linux version 9.2, the cable modem is a Ambit USB Cable Modem, I have
> > check out the Internet but with no luck and I found the tech support
> > at NTL world to be close to useless they say they don't support Linux.
> >
> Can you swap it for an ethernet modem? That's far better than a USB
version.
> Then it becomes a trivial problem.

Most likey becomes trivial.

You never know when a new or strange chip comes through.
A broken PCI ID, or the tulip card with the 3com ID...