On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:03:53 -0800 Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings: > > I wanted to post a quick note here for others going through the Cox cable > internet transition from Excite to Cox dhcp servers. > > When (if) you get your kit, copy the provided number and log onto the cox web > server and do the "migration" as directed to establish your account. > Currently, they are just copying data from the Excite servers to > theirs. Set up any new emails and you are done. > > Don't bother changing your dhcpcd/dhcp-client/pump settings (whatever you use > now) since you will still use Excite until February 28th (estimated). After > that time, they are supposed to start serving their own IP's. You will then > need to drop the 'host' option and just run straight dhcp-client to obtain an > IP. Note also that the current plan is a 72 hour IP lease. I am hoping they > will let those who need them, obtain a NON-business static IP. > > I hope this helps others swimming in the cox residential *stuff*.
Conversion wasn't that painful. After filling out the code # on the website, since the host-name didn't change, all I had to do was reboot and change the smtp & pop info in sylpheed. The _huge_ problem was that their network was iffy for about 2 weeks, constantly dying, and changing my IP address. That seems to have settled down, though. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! Great Inventors of our time: | ! Al Gore -> Internet | ! Sun Microsystems -> Clusters | +------------------------------------------------------------+
