>>BTW, that network mask looks odd to me: 24.1.248.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 Most commonly it would be 255.255.255.0, but Cox told me that mine would be 255.255.255.128, and that works fine. Try setting it to 255.255.255.128.<< Cox uses various network segment sizes, so that netmask is not terribly surprising. My netmask for Cox is 255.255.254.0. Traditional network segment sizes are actually becoming uncommon. Michael J. Sheldon http://www.desertraven.com/ Make a fast friend, adopt a greyhound! -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Pete Buechler Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:32 To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: trouble connecting to @home cable modem I always configure my system statically. I have seen special articles on getting DHCP to work with Cox, apparently it is non-standard in some way (?). BTW, that network mask looks odd to me: 24.1.248.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 Most commonly it would be 255.255.255.0, but Cox told me that mine would be 255.255.255.128, and that works fine. Try setting it to 255.255.255.128. -- Pete Buechler Developer, SuSE Labs peterb@suse.com http://www.suse.com/~peterb ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss