DHCP setup problems

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Tue May 2 05:06:17 EDT 2006


On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 10:39:24PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> It looks like the comcast modem has a special bond now for the
> ethernet card on the big box.  I guessing a bit here, but I would
> think I have to put in another ethernet card on that box, then make it
> a DNS server for the other boxes, give those other boxes static IPs,
> and then make sure the big box is always on if the other computers
> wish to do any networking.

Or you can buy a $20 router and leave that on all the time
instead. I like the D-Link 614 and the Netgear MR-812, but right
now D-Link is doing some stupidly nasty things (as a
corporation), so go get the Netgear. Or a Linksys, or...

-dsr-



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