[NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem & NIC

[Glen Grigsby]

Personally,

Toss it and buy a real NIC.  I recommend the Netgear with the Tulip chipset.
Works beautifully with my cable modem.

As far as the static IP goes, I just converted a friends windoze box from
DHCP to Static last night and he is working fine.  And I've had my
Linux/Win98 Dualboot setup with a static IP from day 1, even though the guy
said it should be dynamic.

Glen. G.
----- Original Message -----
From: lee <lee at brave.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 9:47 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem & NIC


> The cable modem guys are gone now and i have some questions.  the
> install guy was a newbie (no one could fake that kind of ignorance)
> and didn't say anything when i told him "i rarely use windows - i'm in
> a unix environment mostly and need a permanent IP address."  so
> consequently it didn't happen.  feh.  am i forever limited to dhcp or
> can anyone suggest how to get a perm IP address assigned after
> installation?  now to the fun stuff. . .
>
> this nic card they put in... windoze proclaims it to be a "Realtek
> RTL8019 PnP LAN Adaptor".  ummm, there isn't an option for that in
> menuconfig.  any suggestions?  a module for a compatible card?  throw
> it away and get a real nic?
>
> *and*, as an added bonus, i've never messed with PnP stuff, so where
> would you send me to RTFM or can i get some quick pointers to set up
> the PnP parameters if i can create a module for it?  thanks,
>
> -- lee
>
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