? RH9 and Comcast cable?

[bruce]

i 2nd the suggestion of ed. before you do anything, please get/already have
a router/firewall box, it'll make your life soooo much easier over time!!!!

-bruce


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:29 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: ? RH9 and Comcast cable?


On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 09:05:32AM -0700, Stephen W wrote:
> Just called Comcast to order cable modem.
>
> Any special problems or suggestions while using RH
> 9.0?

Easiest thing to do is to get a Linksys firewall box and use that to get
your dynamic address from the network.  Then configure your Linux system
with a static address (192.168.x.y).

The Linksys adds value by blocking all incoming connections by default
and you can add another system later.

--
Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program


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