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@Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:58:01 -0400
Subject: Re: New installation/recovery
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Klaus Roeckerath, M.D. wrote:
 
> Dr. Jeffrey Race on Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:25:55 +0700 wrote
 
> > If you are connected to a network, find out why you are not being
> > served an address.

> > If you really don't want to be, then disable the Ethernet card in
> > MPTS setup.
 
> This confuses me. I am not connected to a LAN, but only want to access the
> internet. If I disable my Ethernet card, there will probably be no Internet
> traffic. Does it mean I have to de-install the TCP/IP configuration to get rid
> of this message? Or should I just rem it out in config.sys? As you see, I am
> not that experienced with network businness...

If you have DSL or cable, you have a DSL or cable modem connected to it.
Is this your connection type? Or, do you use a POTS modem? If the
latter, and you don't have your own LAN, then you can disable the NIC by
remming MPTN lines in CONFIG.SYS. If the former, then you need your NIC
for the internet. 

Everyone on DSL or cable needs a firewall, either in software form or
hardware (or both). The hardware variant is cheap enough, and imposes no
overhead on your OS. It is typically called an internet router. It's
instructions tell generically how your NIC should be configured in eCS.
All I know of give you a choice between DHCP and fixed IP addresses. If
you use a fixed IP, then you need a \MPTN\bin\setup.cmd file similar to
the following:

route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 0 mtu 1500
route add -net 192.168 192.168.1.1 -hopcount 1
route add default 192.168.1.1 -hopcount 1

Running the MPTS configuration utility will make this easier if you
don't understand it. Simply choose between DHCP and fixed IP and fill in
the blanks.

Doing it with fixed IP means never waiting on an unavailable DHCP
server, but if you use a software firewall instead of a router, then
your cable/DSL modem will most likely require you to set up as DHCP.
-- 
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...."
                                                Proverbs 9:10 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/


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