On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:38:57 -0500 (CDT) Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> wrote: > Easy. Install the 'dhcp3-client' package, and set up your interface > like: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Then, see /usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.ddclient, and look for the > 'USING DDCLIENT WITH dhclient' section on how to set that up. > Instead of copying the file to /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks, though, > you can copy it to/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/ddclient. Ah, after being on a static network for so long I forgot all about dhcp. :) > > I also thought about throwing my RT314 (which no one bought from > > my Classified ad for shame) between the Cable Modem and the > > Firewall and have it NAT everything to say 192.168.1.1 and set > > that as the address for eth0. > > Nooo! Last thing you want to do! :) Actually the LAST thing I want to do is throw an IIS box in front of my firewall. I had thought of the above solution as a last resort if I couldn't connect Cable Modem to Debian box. Are you saying "Nooo!" just because it's a useless extra hop, or is it the NAT that so disturbs you. :) Thanks for the tip, Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list