Michael Skipper wrote: > > Thanks Stan (and all) > this seems to be the consensus, and I'll certainly work on it. Is there > anything tricky I should know about dhcp--I can get access to an ethernet > connection, but not to a specific ip. This would be the fastest surely. > I have a supported card (3com) but I could not get connected. Can anyone > give a from scratch config for this? > > Thanks again > Mike
Sorry, I haven't worked with dhcp in Linux yet. There's a mini-HOWTO at http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/index.html. The collection at http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ is indispensable, IMHO. If you're connecting via an ISP using DSL, you don't need to set up dhcp; pppoe does the work, and you set the configurations in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, and /etc/init.d/network. Details are in /usr/doc/pppoe/README.Debian which is installed when you install the pppoe.deb package. Sounds like you're connecting via a university LAN, though, so the DHCP-HOWTO should get you where you need to go. Good luck! Stan
