on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:05:55AM -0500, Ed and Pat Reilly (epreilly@earthlink.net) wrote:
> HI,
> I have setup debian on my pc along with windows 98 se. I've had redhat
> and suse before and they recognized my cable connection and set it up.
> How can I get debian to recognize my internet connection?
Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.
Thank you.
...and an appropriate subject line also helps. Changed per my guess of
your problem.
Very likely your cable modem/gateway uses DHCP to provide internal
network addresses. You'll need to install a dhcp client -- dhcp-client
should work, though there are several others packaged for Debian.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Bush/Cheney '04: Or else.
Attachment:
pgpZrf5xswGVN.pgp
Description: PGP signature