On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:41:36PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > Cable setup is pretty straightforward. I used to do tech support for > @Home before I got laid off and got a better paying job as a security > guard. Other than the dying @Home network, I don't think there's a > cable network left in the US that'll do static IPs on the residential > system, though Rogers in Canada does, from what I hear.
Yes they do, _but_ it's not trully static and if you want trully static you need to play $60 for biz cable and $20 for static - that about US$50/mo. Cable is usually on DHCP. > > look into whether the roaring penguin package will work. if it's dial > > up, just check into what authentication they use.... most will be ppp, > > which the pppd package should handle nicely. > > That's protocol, not authentication. Authentication is *usually* CHAP > or MS-CHAP on PPP. I thought it would be PAP? At least around here.
