Due to my apartment regulations sprintbroadband will not be installable. Now I am planning for CAIS internet service. It's a wireless service, with the receiver connected to my ethernet card. I have a eth0 connected to my Win 2000 client. Running LM 7.1 planning to install 7.2 later. My ISP says I have to connect the gateway module to my Win eth card, supply the username/password and I am all set. It supports Mac systems also. It's dynamic IP >From the messages I received on this list I assume it's DHCP. So How do I configure the card? Any HOWTO's where I can find the info or just give me some info to set it up. Thanks Sridhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asheesh Laroia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet > Assuming you have no other ethernet cards installed in your computer, and > the (cable modem?) (DSL thingy?) (Satellite dish?) connects to your > network card, try the following: > > dhcpcd eth0 > > That runs "DHCP Client Daemon" and tells it to try connecting to a DHCP > server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; what many ISPs use to assign > semi-random, arbitrary IPs to arbitrary computers) through the 0th > (1st) ethernet card. > > If you have other ethernet cards, pass the one connected to > SprintHighSpeedSomething to dhcpcd; e.g., "dhcpcd eth1". > > This will work if (and only if) your ISP uses DHCP to set up its > hosts. The basic question to find this out is, Did the Sprint people > want to install any Windows software? If they did install some, then it > might be PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol (what most phone-line ISPs > use) over Ethernet). > > Anyway, try DHCP. It might work, and if not, no harm done. > > Best of luck. > > -- Asheesh Laroia. > > > -- > Seems a computer engineer, a systems analyst, and a programmer were > driving down a mountain when the brakes gave out. They screamed down the > mountain, gaining speed, but finally managed to grind to a halt, more by > luck than anything else, just inches from a thousand foot drop to jagged > rocks. They all got out of the car: > The computer engineer said, "I think I can fix it." > The systems analyst said, "No, no, I think we should take it > into town and have a specialist look at it." > The programmer said, "OK, but first I think we should get back > in and see if it does it again." > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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