David Witbrodt wrote:
Roberto Sanchez wrote:I just moved to an area w/ SBC DSL service. I had it set up a couple of weeks ago. The SpeedStream modem works no problem with Linux. Plug it into your NIC, get your IP address through DHCP and browse to http://192.168.0.1 to set up your connection and what not. Works like a champ.Thank you, sir! For reference when I get around to installing, and for the peace-of-mind of a newbie, what do you mean by "get your IP address through DHCP"? Is that a command, like this: dhcp It sort of sounds like you already had a running system, with the DHCP package already installed/configured. If my CDs don't work, and I will have try the Sarge netinst CD that I burned. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you? (It sure would be nice to have that work well if the stable CDs can't get it done!)
When installing Debian, the installer will ask if you want to setup your ethernet device with a static address (manually) or a dynamic address (automatically). Just tell it dynamic or automatic. The installer should do the rest automatically. To answer the question about the command line, there is a command called dhclient, but I don't think you would have a need to execute it directly. -Roberto Sanchez
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