>From my experience it is easier to have two different nic cards, but it really does not matter. If you picked up the cox IP, you are already hooked up correctly. Now all you need to do is make sure your workstations are using DHCP so that the linux box can assign the ips and dns info. :) On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 23:02, cliff rogers wrote: > Brian, I took your advice over the weekend and D/L'd the clarkconnect > distro. It was able to format my HD and load and even booted up. My only > problem was that I couldn't figure out how to finish whatever config it > needed to see my LAN however it seemed to see Cox as it picked up a "good" > IP address. My question is since I have to use 2 NIC cards in this box would > I be better off to move my NIC from my desktop to the Linux box so that I > have 2 different types of NICs or should I leave the 2 D-Link NICs in the > Linux box. Linux does see both cards I just can;t figure out how to > configure them both (I don't know which I am working with for sure). Anyway > I just thought I would ask. Thanks for the help. Cliff > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- ----- Brian Tafoya http://briantafoya.com me@briantafoya.com c:\windows, c:\windows\run, c:\windows\crash!!!