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Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:05:37 PST
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: DSL question

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Hi Ben,
Thanks for the information.

I now have the Linksys router, but not the DSL modem yet.

I tried using the hub without success.

My two computers connect OK using a crossover cable.

I connected them to the router/hub using straight through cables, and they
work fine under Windows. But under OS/2, I can't get them to see each
other.

I reconfigured TCPIP settings to Enable Interface and to connect
automatically using DHCP. I removed all other information from the other
tabs except for user name.

My laptop can at least see the router when I use Netscape. But my desktop
cannot see it, and on boot up it gives the error message: DHCPSTRT: DHCP
client did not get parameters etc.

As far as I can tell, both computers have the exact same TCPIP settings
and protocols.

Can someone out there help me?

Thanks,
Sandy

>You do have to change TCPIP configuration. You can do this from the
>TCP/IP configuration Notebook. To find TCP/IP Configuration open OS/2
>System from the desktop, then open System Setup, then open TCP/IP
>configuration (Local). I think there is only one thing you need to set.
>From the Network Tab in the notebook select LAN interface 0 (which should
>already be configured for you NIC with the TCP/IP protocol), check Enable
>Interface, and also select Automatically, Using DHCP. The LinkSys
>router, which has default name 192.168.1.1 will dynamiacally assign names
>like 192.168.1.104 to all the clients it serves. You can see what this
>name is from the HOST tab in the configuration notebook. This name is
>assigned dynamically, and will differ from time to time. You don't enter
>anything here. Similarly, when you're connected directly to the modem,
>if your ISP is a DHCP server, it will dyanically assign a name.

>If I've got that wrong, I trust somebody watching this list will correct
>me.

>I think that's all I did to get things working here. All the defaults in
>the LinkSys were OK.

>Ben A.

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