On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Matthew A Stegman wrote:
> Thanks for the replies so far. I'd usually wait at least 24 hours before
> saying anything else, but all (both) of the replies so far have been
> taking the same direction: static IP. My problem is that our ISP uses
> DHCP- and gets very angry if you try to "permenantly borrow" an IP
> address.
>
> I wish I'd had the foresight to write down the exact error message from
> the eth0 module. I doubt it would help much, though- it just says that it
> failed to get the IP address for the card. Ah, well.
>
> Once again, thanks to Lloyd and Art; I appreciate your taking the time to
> answer. However, I can't use static IP (well, maybe, but they'd probably
> kick me off if I did).
well,our phone company also offers an ADSL connection(first
one in North America--we've had it for years) that offers
dynamic IP.They say I can have a static IP (for twice
the price....no thanks.
Lloyd Osten
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