Never mind the connection part. I rebooted my box and now it is working.
However, I could still use information about firewalls. What are they? Do I need one with a cable modem? What is the best solution?
Thanks
Steve
Hi;
I have an OLD ( over a year ) copy of knoppix installed on my hard drive.
I've never had a high speed connection before and today the cable guy came and hooked up my PC to a cable modem.
No surprise, he didn't know how to get it working with knoppix. I'm using the KDE desktop.
I would be much obliged if someone could tell me how to get knoppix working with the cable hookup( hopefully, before my dialup account runs out ).
Do I need to get a firewall? If so, could someone tell me the easiest (or best) option to take care of that?
Thanks much in advance
Steve
Never mind the connection part. I rebooted my box and now it is working.
However, I could still use information about firewalls. What are they? Do I need one with a cable modem? What is the best solution?
Thanks
Steve
The best solution is a hardware firewall, and you do need one with a cable modem, particularly if you run Windows but there are growing issues for Linux only users too. See answer #4 for more details.Originally Posted by beforewisdom
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