Modem troubles

[Harish Pillay]

>> > I was on a Toshiba today, Monday, doing a fresh install and could get
>> > the
>> > modem to connect, given that I could see it and many others. Does anyone
>> > have ideas about what I could attempt to get it to connect?
>>
>> Are you referring to a traditional analog modem or a 3G USB dongle?
>> You can certainly use minicom to test both.
>>
> Traditional modem, I believe it was / is a cable modem.

Cable modems are accessed via the Etnernet port. Does the cable modem
connect to the cable company?

Harish