Finally, a question I can answer... (Feeling really green and
understanding about half of what is posted.)
Win2K type: "ipconfig" (for the short version) or "ipconfig /all" for
the long. "ipconfig /?" gives all the possible uses.
Jon Fry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Aaron Holbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 4:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [[newbie] cable modem]
Well that would work in win98, but I'm running win2k pro. and winipcfg
doesn't work......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaguar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [[newbie] cable modem]
> In Windows...click the START button, choose RUN, type in "winipcfg"
<--
> without quotes...choose MORE INFO, and there are all your IP/DNS/etc
> there...write them down, then in Linux setup NIC/DHCP (not sure
myself as
my
> cable IP is static, and I get by without using DHCP), read the
HOWTO's,
and
> get more confused...then ask for additional help in here...:)
> HTH
> Jaguar
>
> "Jacob Aaron Holbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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> > I am hooked up through a cable modem through my local provider.
Windows
> detects this and sets it up by itself and this is what the provider
supports.
> Is there a way to have Linux do the same because they won't give me
any
> information such as host address, ip address ect. because they don't
support
> Linux.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jacob Holbrook
>
>
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