[GLLUG] Comcast issue

[Rich Clark]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Michael Cox wrote:

> You don't mention your Linux distro. Some distros offer a GUI to set up
> your network, SuSE does via the YAST program. It might be useful
> information for someone to help you more specifically. I mention this
> because the SuSE distro actually expects you to use their GUI, and the
> configuration might need some extra steps if you change files manually.
> 
> If you are new, you probably should not be using a NIS Domain. The
> "gateway" is in etc/sysconfig/routes, your gateway should equal my
> gateway if you have a router. You don't say what your local network
> looks like. If you are not using a router, my message won't be of much
> help, other than to suggest that you do get a router since you have a
> direct connection to the Internet.
> 
> You should have removed all the proxy information from your systems. The
> Comcast proxy is to authenticate your account only, it is not needed to
> use your connection. In fact, your connection probably won't work with
> the proxy info entered.

Gents,

>From my memory of being a comcast subscriber (I left them for Wideopen 
West back last year) I thought they were running dhcp.  If he configures 
his network scripts to use dhcp, he should get *all that*.  If he wants to 
use a local nameserver to do his resolution, he should include the 
PEERDNS=no parameter in the network config file 
(/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/if-cfg.eth0, for example, in 
Mandrake/Redhat), then edit /etc/resolv.conf for whatever nameserver IP he 
wants.

Then again, maybe they've given him static IP's.  Or kill me.

Rich
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