On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 16:08, Laurent Steffan wrote: > Hello again, > > -- > Reçu de Colin Foran le 11/07/02 à 3:11 > > >> BTW, where did you get your other "default gateway" id (66.31.248.1) ? > > > >I've got another machine running RedHat (this one). I had figured that > sice we > >really had no idea what was going on with the mac, it might prove wiser > >to use a > >valid address. In hindsight though, that doesnt really sound too plausable. > > Well actually it *is* a good idea, if the setup allows it. Does it ? What > you have told us about your configuration up to now makes me think (this > is sort of an educated guess, nothing more) that you have two computers, > the one that wears a Red Hat and the one with Debian, which you can also > boot under MacOs 9; that these computers can be connected to your service > provider, ATT Broadband Internet, through a cable modem ; and finally, > that the modem as well as the two machines are connected to a single > Ethernet cable. Now could you tell me how close (or remote) this > description is from the actual setup? > > That might be important because your Internet provider does not > necessarily want you to connect several machines to the same modem - at > least not without paying an extra fee. So trying to do that with a > standard DHCP configuration might not work, just like what you're > experiencing. If so, we could probably help you to setup your network so > that it works, but I at least would need more information for that.
Would he still get a distinctly different IP address if this were the case? This does match how my DSL providers have worked; only one or two ethernet hardware addresses would be recognized. In my case the visible address belongs to a router. -- SP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
