Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-24 Thread David Talbot
You need the following: IP Address (or DHCP) Subnet Mask Gateway DNS (extra DNS servers never hurt anyone, so see if they can't give you 2 or 3) Once you've got this info, plugging it in under "Network Configuration" (part of the Configuration Tool icon on your desktop), is easy. Just click on

[newbie] cable modem blues no more

2000-06-24 Thread Powers
I just wanted to thank Anthony Huereca,Jeff Lee, and especially Eunice Thompson for helping me to successfully configure my internet connection. It is nice to know that there are good people giving good advice to us "newbies". Now once I get the sound card and printer working I might

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-24 Thread Romanator
Hi Jeff, I'm not sure if this will give you all your answers. However, it helped me get up and running with my @Home cable service. Try the following link: http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html Good Luck! Roman Jeff Lee wrote: That would be in DrakConf

Re: [newbie] cable modem blues no more

2000-06-24 Thread Eunice Thompson
Mark, It was my pleasure, I'm glad everything worked out. When I first installed Mandrake I could't get my printer to work either- it is a parallel port Canon 4400 which every piece of documentatiion says should work in Linux. It worked fine in windows so I was stumped. One day as I was

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Jeff Lee
That would be in DrakConf (or LinuxConf). At 03:37 PM 6/21/2000 -0400, you wrote: Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Anthony Huereca
Ask them if you have a static IP or get your IP through DCHP. Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-22 Thread Eunice Thompson
if you still have Windows installed , make sure the modem is connected and then boot into Windows. ( I'm assuming that the modem has already been installed and configured for use) if you're using Win98 then go to StartRun, type in winipcfg and select OK (in WinNT do the same except the command

[newbie] Cable Modem Blues

2000-06-21 Thread Powers
Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a connection with my comcast@home service and seek the wisdom (and patience) of