The cable provider (ISP) either supplies the cable modem or
you supply the modem that is DOCIS rated. The Windows XP
wizard will configure the cable connection, your username
and password from the ISP and you set DHCP to auto when you
tell the LAN configuration to automatically detect settings.

You set the connection to never dial and it will just use
the cable modem. In my opinion the RJ45 Ethernet is
superior to a USB connection and most computers have the
NIC.


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"harold" wrote in message
...
|I think I have more than enough information to finish
driving my brother
| over the edge.
|
| The poor wretch has never been near a computer before in
his life, so
| I'm having an awful time understanding what's actually
happening there.
| At first, I had to win an argument about which is the
monitor and which
| is the computer.
|
| I gave him the computer for Christmas. He called me for
help after
| losing his temper with a cable rep who said he'd have to
pay for a
| hookup. This is all his fault for not using the Netscape
ISP disk that I
| stuck in the box. He probably could have handled that.
|
| Thanks again, everyone..
|
| Sandman wrote:
| Good advice from Lanwrench.... And I wouldn't even
bother with the stuff on
| the disc; you don't really need it.....
|
| "Test User" wrote in message
| .. .
|
| "harold" wrote in message
| .. .
|
| Can someone please direct me to the details of XP's
settings for a cable
| modem? Thanks..
|
| Does the cable modem use an ethernet or USB cable to the
computer? Does
|
| the
|
| target machine have the correct hardware - an ethernet
card (greatly
| preferred) or USB ports?
|
| If it's Etherenet, open the properties for the card and
ensure that TCP/IP
| ins installed and set up to automatically get an IP
address. Choose OK
|
| out
|
| to the desktop.
|
| Plug the cable modem in, to the wall (power), to the
cable itself, and via
| ethernet or USB to the computer. Give it a couple of
minutes to
| initialize.
|
| Now, go to Start, Run, and type CMD.
|
| In the command prompt window, type:
| ipconfig /release
|
| and you should see a set of IP addresses with this
value:
| 0.0.0.0
|
| Next type:
| ipconfig /renew
|
| and the computer should present you with new IP
addresses, that are not
| zero. As long as you do not see the words
"autoconfiguration address",
|
| you
|
| are done. If you do, try just restarting the machine.
|
| HTH
| -pk
|
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