[NTLUG:Discuss] Cable Modem Questions

[Richard Cobbe]

Bobby Wrenn wrote on 3-9-2000:

> The telco won't touch a Linux machine. On RH 6.x there are three files
> to edit. This is what you will need if you have a static IP address.
> 
> /etc/hosts:
> putyourpublicIPhere    yourusername.ispdomainname.tld  
> analiasifyouwantit

Just a clarification: I'm guessing the above got word-wrapped, but the
fully-qualified domain name and any aliases both need to be on the same
line as the IP address.  For example:

172.16.13.68    rnd-linux-4.inetint.com         rnd-linux-4

Richard