I assume that the reason you desire a static IP is to make your machine more easily accessible for things like web/ftp service etc. A more elegant answer to this might be to use the dhcp client that comes with Mandrake, and then use one of the free DNS alias services that are available. A company called DNS2go.com http://www.dns2go.com will for no cost, allow you to subscribe and to choose a DNS name.
After loading a simple client on the Mandrake machine the service then associates your existing dynamic IP with the static DNS name. In this way you gain easy to remember solid access to your machine and you keep the network folks of your cable service happy!
johnc wrote:
On Tuesday 06 February 2001 20:21, you wrote:
> Just had cable access installed. Unfortunately, my provider does not offer
> static IP addresses. Can I still configure it under LM 7.2?
>
>
> Mike Riffle
>
> Morgantown, WV USA
> http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm
> Montani Semper Liberi
> NRA NMLRA Friends of Fort Frederick
> Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation
Yes you can configure it. I use the @home service and have always configured
statically as i have never had any luck using DHCP. To configure statically
you will need the following:
your hostname i.e. cx12345-a
your dns domain, i.e. phnx1.az.home.com
IP addy (obviously) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Subnet mask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Default Gateway, usually your IP with the last octet changed to 1. I stress
"USUALLY."
Your DNS server/servers usually a primary and a secondary.
For email purposes the server names and or IP addresses of said servers.
proxy if you use one.
I may be leaving something out I'm sure someone will clue us in if I am.
If you run windows you can get the majority of this info by running
"winipcfg" from the start\run menu.
You can get your email servers by looking at the email headers or running
"netstat -a" when you send and recieve email in windows.
I would say to call your cable provider but unless you get a nice tech they
seem to gaurd this info rather gestapo like.
Good luck to ya!
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John W
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