Rick, is this your computer at home, or work? If at home, does your ISP give you a static or dynamic IP? Do you have DSL or dialup? Usually your ISP is a good start at getting this IP info, if you don't connect via DHCP. regards, Justin On Thursday 11 November 2004 02:58 pm, Rick Friedman wrote: > Well, I downloaded and burned the netinst CD for Sarge. It boots fine > and I can start the installation with no problem. > > My hesitance comes with configuring the network. The installation > attempts to configure the network with DHCP. It then returns a message > saying: "The network is not using the DHCP protocol." It then allows me > to press a Continue button. BTW... my machine is a standalone machine, > not connected to any local network. > > At this point, the installation gives me the opportunity to configure > the network manually. > > 1) It asks me for the IP address for this computer. What do I enter?? > Can I enter any valid IP address? > > 2) After that, it asks me to enter the netmask. Should I just accept the > default (255.255.255.0)?? > > 3) Then, I am asked to enter the gateway IP address. I have no router. > It says in rare cases (with no router) the address can be left blank. > Should I leave it blank? Should I enter some address?? > > 4) It then asks me to enter the nameserver addresses. I have the address > of Verizon Online's nameservers. OH! I have a DSL connection with > Verizon Online and my network card is SiS900 PCI Ethernet adapter. I > should enter those nameserver addresses here?? > > I haven't gone any farther than that. I wanted to verify what I should > enter for the network configuration first. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Rick > -- > "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's > too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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