Hrmm, I neveer saw that dialog that I can recall I just got an
autodetected window up saying the machine had a boomerang. I watched in
drooling awe as it autodetected alot of the hardware I had. Great job
mandrake guys. But the nic detection needs a little work but it is already
great.
jayson
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Samuel McCloud wrote:
> It gave me a list of ethernet cards during the install and I just picked the
> one that was mine. After that it asked if I wanted to use DHCP and I said
> yes.
>
>
> Sam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 4:33 PM
> Subject: Re:[Cooker]Internet Connection using a cable-modem
>
>
> > I have used dhcp with a cable modem and it works perfectly. However the
> > autodetect routine on oxygen seems to be a little off It detected my
> > friends card as a boomerang instead of a 3c59x based card this caused
> > dhcp to fail. I changed the module to the right one and everything owrked
> > fine. So I suggest checking the module getting loaded to make sure its
> > agreeing with your Nic's chipset.
> >
> > Jayson
> > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Jeff Noel wrote:
> >
> > > As I understand it, you can NOT use DHCP with a cable modem. You MUST
> use a
> > > static IP address and then it will work.
> > >
> > > >You need to make sure you set your IP address, and your gateway........
> > > That should
> > >
> > > >do it. I'm not sure how you can do DHCP with a cable modem. Just set it
> as
> > > a static
> > >
> > > >if it never changes. But also make sure you have your default gateway
> set
> > > also.
> > >
> > > >That should do it. You will also need your gateway to probably be set.
> > >
> > > >Quoting Hamada Amer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Hello, I'm a linux newbie:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > I managed to getlinux up and running. Now I'm trying to get my
> internet
> > >
> > > > connection working. I have a dedicated connection through my cable
> modem.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > I'm to the net through Rogers @home (cable modem). For my windows
> > >
> > > > configuration the TCP/IP all was needed was use DHCP server... But I
> had
> > >
> > > > to
> > >
> > > > give the identification and workgroup which was provided by ROGERS. I
> > >
> > > > managed to configure my network card, I COULD PING IT. Everytime I
> attempt
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > to set the card for DHCP, it fails to activate... I tried to set
> things
> > >
> > > > statically but that doesn't seem to work either...
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > p.s. My Ip is always the same, so it should be static, what need is
> there
> > >
> > > > for a DHCP....
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > HELP
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
