Why am I getting your email??
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Endries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] cable modem
>I use Linux with a cable modem on RoadRunner, and it works great.
>Why don't you try this:
>
>Run LinuxConf. Go to Networking, then to basic host info. Then select the
tab
>for your network card (eth0). Click on the optin for DHCP.
>
>Back out of LinuxConf, activating your changes.
>
>You may have to reboot, I don't know.
>
>That's ALL I have to do to make RoadRunner work with Linux. Maybe it will
work
>for you. It's worth a try.
>
>
>Good Luck!
>
>
>
>Jacob Aaron Holbrook wrote:
>
>> well I just called them again to try and get the information. They said
>> that they cannot give it out because it changes all the time and they
cannot
>> assign a "static address" to me. I ran netcfg and set my eth0 to active,
>> saved, closed the window and tried to ping. It didn't work so i went
back
>> into netcfg and my eth0 was inactive again.
>
>
