[NTLUG:Discuss] AT&T@Home redux

[Ted B Dodd]

On 7 Mar 2001, at 13:25, lee at brave.com wrote:

> i'm not sure anyone has mentioned this, but i found this bit of info from
> the athome.unix newsgroup:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 2) Red Hat 6.0 will not properly connect w/most cable
> providers. Red Hat 6.2 and Red Hat 7.0 will, but have some
> decided security problems. You may need to upgrade the 'pump'
> package that comes with Red Hat 6.2 for proper DHCP
> configuration. For most cable providers, you will need to
> configure the network card for DHCP access.  For Red Hat
> Linux you will also need to edit the file
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and add a line to
> the end that says 

I am new at Linux, so that may explain something.  I was able 
to get my RedHat 6.0 to work fine with AT&T cable in Richardson 
with no problems at all.  Even the mail worked...oddly enough.


Ted B
aka tedbdodd at bigfoot.com