On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> nate wrote:
>
> >yeah. if this is a normal ethernet network you should have no problems.
> >HOWEVER, if the DHCP server is a win32 box you may quite likely have
> >DNS problems, as at least NT4 seems to add a line feed character or
> >something at
Hi
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm setting up a linux box for my friend (dual-booting actually), but
> i'm going to have to set up the network setting and i was looking for
> some advice first (because i can't change how the networking is done on
> his entire network
Cameron Matheson said:
> nate wrote:
>
>
> How do i know which computer is the DHCP server? They are all just
> win98 boxen w/ the tcp/ip set to obtain IP address automatically. Or do
> i never need to know the ip address of the dhcp server (i thought that
> the deb installation asks you for tha
nate wrote:
>yeah. if this is a normal ethernet network you should have no problems.
>HOWEVER, if the DHCP server is a win32 box you may quite likely have
>DNS problems, as at least NT4 seems to add a line feed character or
>something at the end of the nameservers it reports, so check /etc/resolv
Cameron Matheson said:
> First, his IP address is 'Obtained Automatically', does this mean i want
> to use DHCP? Or does Windows have some proprietary method of
> automatically obtaining IP addresses?
that means DHCP..
>
> If it is DHCP, i shouldn't need to know the default gw or nameservers
>
Hey,
I'm setting up a linux box for my friend (dual-booting actually), but
i'm going to have to set up the network setting and i was looking for
some advice first (because i can't change how the networking is done on
his entire network).
First, his IP address is 'Obtained Automatically', does
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