[linux-help] Re: Road Runner Cable -

[gLaNDix <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Believe it or not, setup is just about as easy in Slackware as well! : ^ ) 
All I had to do is configure eth0 to use dhcp, then type 'dhcpcd' and i was
online!  100x as easy as dial-up! : ^ )

gLaNDix


On 2001.06.04 13:13 Clifton Brown wrote:
> 
> It's just like a network connection. With roadrunner you are simply a
> DHCP 
> client tied into their network. I don't believe that you can get a static
> IP 
> through them although when I talked to them several months ago they were 
> working on offering that (for more money of course) You need an ethernet 
> card. I just started using linux (Mandrake 8.0) a couple of weeks ago and
> 
> don't know much about it, but I can tell you that the internet config was
> 
> ridiculously simple. I just selected my NIC during setup and linux took
> care 
> of rest.
> 
> 
> >From: Bob Goodwin <w2bod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [linux-help] Road Runner Cable -
> >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 15:25:25 -0400
> >
> >Can anyone tell me what the Road Runner cable connection requires?
> >
> >Apparently they only know Windows. How do I deal with them and what
> >
> >do I need to add to this computer. Apparently I need an ethernet card
> >
> >which must need a driver. Must I set up a Windows box just to deal
> >
> >with them or will they install the cable and leave me to deal with it.
> >
> >Do they use CHAP like AT&T or is it a simple connection routine.
> >
> >Bob Goodwin   w2bod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >   In a hierarchically structured administration,
> >   people tend to be promoted up to their "level
> >   of incompetence."   L. Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
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