[thechat] Configuring Linux-Mandrake 8.0 for Rogers at home (dhcp cable modem)

[Jeremy Ashcraft]

You should be able to click the Madrake Control Center(or DrakConf) icon and
select Network and Internet Configuration.  From there you can configure any
type of net connection(including cable).  HTH

jeremy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Johnston" <chris at completeimaging.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:58 AM
Subject: [thechat] Configuring Linux-Mandrake 8.0 for Rogers at home (dhcp
cable modem)


> Hello,
>
> I have just installed Linux-Mandrake onto my computer and am having some
> trouble connecting to the internet. I am in Ontario Canada and my ISP is
> Rogers at home.
>
> I have done some searching for how to configure mandrake to work with a
> cable modem but everything I have found so far shows how to do it with a
> static IP address. Does anyone out there have any experience connecting
> Mandrake to a cable modem using a dynamic IP address, specifically using
> DHCP?
>
> Rogers at home in Toronto at least is going with a true dhcp server instead
> of the static IP address they have been using so far.
>
> So, has anyone in the Toronto area connected a Mandrake computer to the
> internet using Rogers at home cable modems?
>
> Or if anyone can show me to a really great tutorial on this topic that
> would also work. I don't really have much experience with Mandrake.
>
> /chris
>
> Web Developer
> www.completeimaging.com/chris
>
>
>
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