Re: Can anyone give me any clues ... [subject trimmed]

[Ken Januski <kenjanuski@mindspring.com>]

Alexis,

I've since realized that the problem is actually somewhat different so 
have sent new message with title of "network setup problems."

That gives a more detailed explanation.

Thanks,

Ken


Alexis Huxley wrote:

> > Can anyone give me any clues as to why I need to run "ifconfig xxx down" 
> > in order to use pon and modem? I haven't had a network until recently 
> > but now that I do it would be nice to not need to turn the network off 
> > in order to use my dialup connection.
> >    
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> Well, if you told us what sort of modem (analogue, DSL?) and what it
> is that makes you think you *need* to run the ifconfig down command
> it would be helful. What are the error messages you get when you try it
> without doing ifconfig down? Come on, help us to help you!
>
> Alexis
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