Network Config

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 09:04, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> The kids' PC should also be set up as static. It might be easy to make
> your Linux box eth1 address something like 192.168.5.254, and your kids'
> PC address 192.168.5.1. (I am assuming and hoping your existing router
> address space is different.) You don't want to use DHCP there because it
> will probably confuse your cable modem, which is likely set to provide
> only one IP address unless you've paid for more with your provider. Hope
> this helps, and please feel free to e-mail me offlist if you need more
> help.

Oops, brain not fully caffeinated yet. It doesn't necessarily follow
that your cable modem would get confused in your case. But for all
practical purposes and to ease the learning curve, I would still go with
static IP's here.
-- 
Paul W. Frields <paul at frields.com>