Yeah good point!! Every cable company has their own policies of static or
dhcp. With my ISP they use both depending on the model of modem you have.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bosco [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable
>
>
> Hiya!
>
> Just a note so that other newbies that read this don't get the idea that
> what
> you meant was ALL @home uses dhcp b/c they don't. I'm on Cox@home in
> Florida
> and I don't use dhcp and have a static ip and have my cable modem
> configured
> accordingly.. So it's possible he does as well..
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
> bosco().
>
>
>
> sujee wrote:
>
> >
> > hi
> > I live in Toronto area too...i am Shaw@Home
> > @home uses dhcp, here is how to set that up in Mandrake
> > make sure you have dhcpcd installed, to make sure type which dhcpcd
> > run netcfg, goto interfaces tap, you should see eth0 if you don't see
> that
> > that means your nic is your working probably
> > now select eth0 and click Edit. now change the interface configuration
> > protocol to dhcp. make suere that you don't type anyting in other
> fields.
> > and reboot!!!!
> >
> > if it doesn't work mail me
> >
> > Sujeevan
> > Toronto, On
