I guess it's time to relate more info regarding my problem (which I should
have done initially- sorry).
> Maybe the Internet Police are going to come after me.
Isn't that what IP stands for...?
Each ISP independently determines how it will hand out IP addresses. This
particular ISP just doesn't want to give out static IPs; they'd rather use
DHCP. To quote from Road Runner's home page:
"Will having a Road Runner cable modem give the customer their own IP
address?
Not permanently. Customers will be assigned an IP address dynamically when
they open a Road Runner session by switching on their computer and clicking
on the Road Runner icon."
> Determining IP information for ethX... failed <- that your error?
Yes, that's it exactly. It takes a couple minutes to timeout, and watching
das blinkenlights on the hub, I notice that they only blink once every
15-30 seconds during this time.
> You will need to locate the linux
> rrlogin, hopefully someone has already customised it for your area (I
> haven't fiddled with it for a few months maybe it's not a compiletime
> option only anymore) They tend to get upset and cut you off when you
> refuse to run the rr program (even on windows). You should be able to
> obtain a dhcp lease in windows use winipcfg to findout ip gw dns and all
> that fun stuff, now reset the machine so it doesn't release its lease
> (windows does release this if you do shutdown doesn't it?) now setup your
> linux cfg with the ip info you retrieved and it should function (winipcfg
> should be able to tell you when the lease expires..)
I haven't been cut off in Windows (well, not yet anyway). This leads me to
believe that the Road Runner login program isn't necessary. If it's not for
Windows, why should it be for Linux? On the other hand, maybe I'm just not
patient enough- they'll kick me off later.
In any case, I am still initially allowed to connect without using the
program in Windows. Why would I be treated differently for using Linux?
As to the DHCP lease- it's only for a few hours. Even so, I guess it's
worth a try to see if I can get it working with static IP, even if only for
a few hours. I'll try this when I get home this afternoon. Thank you, all,
for your suggestions.
-Matt Stegman
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