Topic: Anyone knows how to setup e-smith with roadrunner

[Jamal]

I have e-smith 4.1.1 running at home with 2 PCs win 98
I subscribe to roadrunner and set up the connection by the ethernet card address. However I cannot connect to internet.
I try to connect my other PCs (win98) directly and it works fine.

When I use a dialup to connect, the e-smith server works well.
What do I need to do to make it works with road runner?

I looked at the different solution here and on news group for cable connection and nothing seems to work...

Anyone has a solution for me?

Thanks

[Richard]

Try connecting with DHCP for dynamic IP or by IP address if static.  I gather you set it up using your adapter address (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx).

[Lance]

I was able to get e-smith working yesterday on Cox cable by choosing DHCP and making sure it connects by client name (from cable co.), not adapter address.

[jamal]

Thank you all for your help

I was able to connect and it works fine now.

After trying your solutions I discover that my NIC card was not working well...

The fact is that I tested a D-Link DFE-530TX+ and it was working well for the LAN
so I used the same card for the connection with roadrunner. this time it didn't work.
I discover that the revison was not the same
so the D-link DFE-530TX+ Rev. C1  works fine, the same with a Rev. D1 does not....

Again, Thank you all for your help

[richard meeks]

If you are running windows on Road Runner and it is a dynamic service with a cable modem I found it best to configure the connection with the cable service using the NIC card in the computer that is running windows.  Then, after the cable company recoginizes the MAC address, transfer the NIC to the computer you plan to run as an e-smith server.  These companies frequently do not have the capacity to support any unix or linux systems; only apple and windows.