[wellylug] saturn cable connection with linux

[Lindsay Hunter]

I am doing someting similar with Coyote as the gateway, Win2K, Win98SE, Suse
and Mandrake, and I don't know what Steve knows!  :-)

L

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Withers" <swithers at paradise.net.nz>
To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] saturn cable connection with linux


> Bob
>
> It's easy.
>
> You plug your ethernet card into the cable modem using the ethernet
> cable they provide.
>
> Saturn give you an IP address, a netmask, a gateway address and two dns
> servers.
>
> You configure your eth0 with these values.......and you're online.
>
> It's easy. Easier than Windows in many ways because you can change many
> things in your network config in Linux without having to re-boot.
>
> If you want to set up a Linux box as a network gateway for several PCs,
> then that does require a bit of thought and reading. Not hard to
> do.....but anything is "hard" if you don't know how to do it yet. :-)
>
> I run Linux as a dedicated gateway and firewall....and 7 other systems
> (3 linux, 4 Windows) access the net through the one system.
>
> Steve
>
> bob dugan wrote:
>
> >I am a newbie, using suse 7.3.  I am considering migrating to a saturn
cable
> >internet connection.  Has anyone had any experience with this service
with
> >suse or redhat or whatever?  Are there any hooks?  Does saturn provide
any
> >support/
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
> >
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