heyas! RE: Highway1.

[Jerry Feldman]

Here are some facts. I use Highway1, but I have not had my Linux system up on 
it yet.

Currently, the service provides a single ip address to the host computer. It 
is served via dhcp. There is no special software that is loaded into a system 
by the Highway1 installers. All your system needs is a DHCP client. The MAC 
address on your ethernet card is checked by the dhcp server, so the ip address 
request must be done on the system that contains the ehternet card with the 
correct MAC address. (BTW: The cable modem also has an IP address).

Although I have not tried it, others have used one system to acquire the ip 
address, then have brought up linux with that ip address. The reason that my 
Alpha Linux system has languished a bit is that it did not have a monitor. I 
just bought one this weekend. 
-- 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Jerry Feldman            Digital Unix Development Environment
Digital Equipment Corp.  (work)gaf at zk3.dec.com (home)gaf at highway1.com
110 Spitbrook Rd.        Mailstop: ZKO3-2/W17
Nashua, NH 03062-9987    (603)881-2970, DTN:381-2970
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+