Cable modem, router, and nic

[Jeff Vian]

Hugo Perez Casanova wrote:

> Hi.
>
> 3Com has a cable/dsl firewall router 3c857 and a wireless version. I 
> recently saw that they also provide one with a built in dsl modem.
>
> I've been using the first one for a while and they work transparently 
> to any Linux version.

I think any of the external cable/dsl router/modems  will be seamless 
with Linux.  The ethernet side would be DHCP and the modem/router would 
handle all the connection details.