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Hal Burgiss wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:24:34 GMT, Gordon McFadden
> <gmcfadden@westsoft-systems.com> wrote:
> >I am having troule configuring an interface on my Linux box.  The
> >interface is to be connected to Telus high speed ADSL with static
> >addresses.
> 
> Is this an internal or external device? Most (all?) internals will not
> work with Linux AFAIK.

The ADSL device is external. I am connecting to with a 
Linksys Ethernet card, which is recognized.
> 
> >The statis addresses are really DHCP addresses that are matched with
> >MAC addresses, but that is ok for my purposes.
> 
> SOP.
> 
> >I can get a Windows box to work, but I am having trouble with the Linux
> >interface.
> >
> >I configure the interface to gets its IP infrop via DHCP, but it just
> >times out.
> 
> Maybe a little more info...which distro? which dhcp client?
> 

The Linux distribution is RH 6.1.
I am not sure about the DHCP client.....


> In my experience, DHCP is such a simple, straight forward protocol,
> most failures can be traced to the network device, typically a NIC. Is
> this setup using a NIC? If so, is it recognized and initialized by the
> kernel/module?
>

Yes, as stated before the NIC is recognized.  I have two other NICs in
the
box (if it make a difference).  On is a Wave interface (on it way out
hopefully),
the other is an interface to my internal network.  Both of these have
truely 
static addresses...
 
> >Has anyone done this?
> 
> Not with a 'Telus'.
>

Telus is my telco/service provider....
 

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Gordon McFadden
Westsoft Systems Inc
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