Rex, I think the dhcp thing is set up ok, I was told somewhere else to go to /etc/conf.d/net and make sure that 'ifconfig_eth0=( "dhcp" )' was there - it is.
I didn't get anything with a user name and password and I asked them about it and they said I didn't need it. On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 14:27, Rex Nelson wrote: > >On Wednesday, Aug 18, 2004, at 08:58 US/Central, trisha wrote: > >>And they refuse to give any further support to linux users. > > > >This sentence just sunk into my thick head. > > > >Now I'm more determined to try it tonight with Knoppix and be on the > >phone with their TechSupport until they get it right. > > > This is the line my ISP gave me. Robert, I just don't think it is > worth getting worked up over. The help they hire has to be able to > handle the "usual" customer complaints and problems. Guess what OS > the "usual" customer is running. That's one of the reasons they say > "we don't support linux". The other reason given is that "there are > so many distributions with their own quirks that they just can't > adequately serve a linux user". ----- Please don't flame me! > ---------- --------- I am only repeating the spineless excuses > given to me! ------- > > My problem was associated with whether I was getting an IP address by > DHCP or not. > > Trisa, did you set up your computer to accept an IP by DHCP > (automatically)? Also, in your instructions from your ISP did you > get a piece of paper with your login ID and a password? If you did, > is there also a number like 127.0.0.1 (the numbers should be very > different but 4 sets of numbers separated by ".") on the paper? > > Since your ISP can "see" your NIC, maybe it is the interface settings > that are incorrect. What does the list say? _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
