This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C15C16.4FB3BDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi guys, Well, I finally have been able to get linux working, but have had no = luck getting my cable modem to see my computer. In windows it works = fine, but in linux no go. Here is a little back ground. I am using red hat linux 7.1. I downloaded the iso's and burned them to = CD. I have cox @home My ethernet card is not the one they talk about in the DHCP mini howto. = The Etherlink III 3c509b, I believe. The card that interfaces with the cable modem is a Linksys etherlan pci = II. It came in a networking kit I bought from Linksys. The computer also = has a 100 Mbps card to connect it to the internal network. The computer I want to connect directly to the internet plays more of a = server role than anything.=20 Besides the server, I also have a home network of three other computers. 1) Is the one I normally work on. (100Mbps NIC) 2) Is my wifes. (100Mbps NIC) 3) Is a laptop with enough cable to take it anywhere in the house. = (10Mbps NIC) The internal network runs through a Linksys etherfast 10/100 5 port = workgroup hub. I have not really tried to connect the other computers on = the internal network yet, because I want to get the linux box connected = to the internet first. I only mention the other computers to give a bit = of an idea as to what my final goal is..... Get a linux box working as a = "server" while doing ip masqing for my internal network. Now my question. I read the mini howto on the DHCP server about the -h hostname. However, = the /sbin/ifup file already appears to have what the howto suggests to = add. Also, I tried entering the "pump -i eth0 -h hostname" but it keeps = coming back with a command failed message. When I start Linux, during LILO, the eth0 card always fails to init. The how to suggests getting the card out of pnp mode, I am looking into = finding out how to do that with the linksys card. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to try? Any input would be = greatly appreciated. I was also wondering if i might have the wrong NIC doing the wrong = thing. What if the internal network NIC is eth0, that would really mess = things up. Regards, Cliff ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C15C16.4FB3BDA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable