On my System which is W2K it is Ipconfig and in c:\Windows\system32 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Anselmi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:16 AM Subject: Re: accessing the net
> "David A. Bandel" wrote: > > > Keith Antoine wrote: > > > > > Can a telco block linux access on cable ?? I cannot get out using Suse > > > but I was online earlier today, a friens als has tried in suse and > > > mandrake > > > and cannot get out We can both get out on windows. > > I assume you're using dhcp. Does it complain? Does ifconfig show anything > reasonable? > > > If they're using DHCP and have "Windoze-ized" it, you may never be able > > to connect with anything except Windoze. Only they can tell you if > > they've deliberately fsck'd you. In which case, they'll need to give > > you a static IP. > > Anyone have any details on what Windoze-ized dhcp looks like? The first > time I heard about this was just today, also. > > I expect there will be hacks to get this to work again, here's an easy one > that may work: > > 1) Hook up to your ISP using Windows. Look at the IP assigned (ipconfig > from the command line for NT and 2k - 95/98 has something similar but > slightly different). > > 2) Hook up to your ISP using Linux. Use ifconfig to tell Linux to use the > same IP. > > Note, this is most likely to work if you can just pull the ethernet cable > out of Win and plug it into Linux - no chance for Win to release the IP or > the ISP to notice it is down. If you're dual booting, pull the cable before > you shut down Win. Perhaps you can look at lease times (/all to ipconfig) > to see how much time you have. > > I assume this isn't a dial-up connection - that's unlikely to be dhcp. > > Dave > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
