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From: Bruce Cook <BC3-AU@bigfoot.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: High Speed Cable Modems
Date: 11 Aug 1997 12:01:47 -0800
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fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <5scsd9$g7$1@newscast.hq.tis.com>,
> Roger Hartmuller <roger@clipper.tis.com> wrote:
> : My local cable company, Comcast Cable, has run Fiber Optics to my house. They
> : are offering a cable modem hookup to the internet, with download speeds
> : up to 10 MB, and upload speeds around 1 MB. Does Kermit 95 make sense/will
> : it work over that type of connection, if I were to get it?
> :
> If you can make a TCP/IP connection over this setup, then you can use Kermit
> as a Telnet or Rlogin client. The question is: will you also have drivers for
> the device that can be used with Microsoft TCP/IP?
>
> If not, then if a Windows COM driver is supplied, you can use that with TAPI
> in K95 1.1.13 to make a modem-like connection.
A lot of the "cable modems" simply have an erthernet plug on the back.
Therefore if you have a packet driver for an ethernet card you should
be right.
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...BRU
Bruce Cook, Synonet Corp.
E-Mail: bcook@wantree.com.au
Phone: +061 15 999 330