On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: > 2) According to the HOWTO, you need to get winipcfg (or what ever it is > called the probes the cable modem server for an ip address) to write out > it's information to file using some switch (specifics listed in HOWTO). > The HOWTO then goes on to instruct the user to boot to debian using > loadlin. I don't do this this way and I assume that you can just use lilo > as long as the partition where the winip output file is stored is > accessible.
This is a hack to get around the fact that linux did not have a DHCPD client. There is a debian dhcpcd (client daemon) package in bo, it should be a matter of installing this package and watching as everything works ;> At least that is how dhcpd is suppost to work. > 1) Can one get dhcpcd to probe the server itself? I thought that this > software basically replicated the winipcfg program. This is what it was written to do. > 2) What ethernet driver should I use for a D-LINK 220? NE-2000? D-Link 220's are PnP NE-2000 clones. If you get isapnptools you should be able to configure the card in linux and then use the ne driver. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
