D'oh!

[Merv Curley]

On Wednesday 12 December 2007 08:42, Chris Aitken wrote:

> >
> >I am not a Network whiz but I wonder why you want to use dhcp?  Are you
> > afraid of your hosts file getting too big?
>
> I don't want to use dhcp - it's just that the cable modem gives me an
> address to get on the Internet - that's the only dhcp I'm interested in.
>
With my DLink router I'm not concerned with that.  I just tell the router to 
go to the modems address [4.2.2.2] and the modem and router do the rest for 
the internet connection.

> Yeah, that's the part where you get an address assigned via dhcp.
>
I don't get that address as mentioned above.  I don't know why I would want 
it.

I remember using [knowing?] it when I was dialup and using coyote on a 
computer router, but now DLink software handles the details.

But I'm no whiz so you may have a situation unlike mine.

Regards 

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Merv Curley
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