Re: No DHCPOFFERS received
Alan Chandler heeft geschreven:
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>On Monday 14 October 2002 2:52 pm, Mark Janssen wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 15:45, Cuno Sonnemans wrote:
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>>>Mark Janssen heeft geschreven:
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>>>>Change /etc/network/interfaces, and change the config there (see man
>>>>interfaces)
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>>>>It should look something like this:
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>>>>interface eth0 inet static
>>>> address x.x.x.x
>>>> network x.x.x.x
>>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>mmm, what should I fill in at the x.x.x.x, I'am a newbie you know !!
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>>>
>>That's for you to decide... I assume the network is connected to your
>>cable modem. You need to make sure the network addresses on the cable
>>modem, and the pc(s) that need to connect to it are in the same network
>>range:
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>I am very suprised that the cable company doesn't either support dhcp
or they
>have told you in a letter when you signed up what your IP address is.
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>It may be that you have to register the ethernet card address with the ISP
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I don't have a static ip adress but the cable company uses dynamic IP
(DHCP)
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>The address ranges mentioned above are for internal networks - not for
>accessing the internet - so unless your cable modem is also a router
(which
>for adsl it might have to be - I don't know I have cable - but then I
would
>IT to support DHCP). Accessing the internet with those addresses will
cause
>problems
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>- --
>Alan Chandler
>alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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