Re[2]: [OT] Windows 98 & Internet

["Pete Shew" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I remember having to turn off the cable modem if I changed PC/network card,
but I'm sure there was no proprietary s/w required in Bedfordshire
otherwise my Smoothwall wouldn't have registered. As you say, though, YMMV.

We are not told whether this is a cable or dial up progblem, though.

Pete

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On 17/01/2005 at 12:29 Mark Harrison (Groups) wrote:

>Pete Shew wrote:
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>>It works for me. Ancient Thinkpad 760E running W98SE + IE 6
connected via
>a Wifi card to Linksys router and then ZyXel ADLS modem/router.
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>>I used to use NTL and I don't remember them using proprietary
networking
>software, so it should be OK.
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>I've helped a friend who has NTL cable. His local operation [1] in
>Portsmouth does use some nasty proprietary software, to register the
MAC
>address of the card onto their database or whatever. Once it's set up,
>you then plug in a router instead and use MAC spoofing :-)
>
>[1] NTL grew by acquisition of local cable firms. Different NTL
>subsidiaries in different parts of the country inherited radically
>different technologies, and the marketing of a joined-up-service far
>exceeds the technical reality.
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>Regards,
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>Mark
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