[aclug-L] Re: networking help needed

["Tony Scarpelli" <tony@xxxxxxxxx>]

John, I am stupid about linux but when I setup cable modems i make them the
second nic.  probably makes no difference but I think most of the traffic
will go over the lan?  good luck.  you might document your trial and errors
and then in 3 months when someone else asks the same question, you can be
the expert and zip that info off to us.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aclug-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:aclug-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Reinke
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 3:31 AM
> To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [aclug-L] networking help needed
>
>
> I finally have a new system set up and running, but I have been
> unsuccessful in getting a few things done. I can't find the documentation
> either, so feel free to point me to any resources you may find. The HOWTOs
> I've read don't seem to quite match my situation.
>
> I've got Corel Linux installed, which is based on Debian. I can
> usually get
> my local network running, but I want to get things working with my cable
> modem. It sounds like my ISP is different than RoadRunner in that I just
> set networking to DHCP (Obtain an IP address automatically in Windows). I
> don't need to have a username, or anything else.
>
> Question 1: How do I set up Linux to connect to a DHCP network?
>
> Question 2: Since I have two NICs (one for my LAN and one for the cable
> modem), how do I set up networking for each card? Which
> should/will be eth0
> and which should be eth1?
>
> And now for something completely different:
> How do I get Linux to recognize that I have 96MB of RAM?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>