Hi,
I got an static ip through a cable connection- which they is the cable through catv. I said that i got an static ip because the provider promise to give me an static ip.
I have been trying to assign the ip in netconf - basic host info.. and manual setting but when i restart the system i can't get the connection. if i set it to bootp or dhcp .. then no problem
if i set it to bootp or dhcp everytime i unplug my computer main power ( power from the power supply to mainboard) i realize that my ip will change if i don't unplug it then just switch off my ip will stay the same..
i can't figure out how to determine do i really have static ip
and if i have how do i assign it in redhat.?

please please help
thanks. so much

Your cable internet is similar to the one I had with @home. In reallity no it is not a static IP address it is assigned dynamically. However I believe the lease time is pretty much forever. You will have to set it up DHCP if this is what your ISP is doing. By the way who is your ISP?

my isp is csi cable. www.csijt.com
well is a small firm. .. so i can't be able to get a domain name?
since i have a dynamic ip?

Well to keep your IP I would get a router. Since the router will always be on you will always keep the same IP address.

I am with Attbi and they have said that I do not have static IP address but since I have it hooked up to my router I havn't had my IP changed.

a router?
i got 3 os here
a macintosh, win2k, redhat
with a router will i be able to get all of it linked?

No there's no need to get extra hardware or anything. You get the same old IP every time, its just assigned using DHCP. Its a silly way to run the allocation of statics, but ISPs do it because its much easier to hand spoon feed an IP to a customer than to lead them through the 4 steps (on a windows box... grumble), necessary for their machine to take a static. I had the exact same deal with Telosucky for over a year. The IP will NOT change, unless they are lying to you, which I doubt because its cheap for them to give you a static. You can buy a URL and get nameservice through The Free Public DNS or go about paying for nameservice and have all services pointed at that static for something on the order of about $12-$30 for the first year in 24-48 hours (have to allow for the whois update and nameserver propagation).

I you really want to run a server off of this connection (remember, cable sucks for upload), you may want to throw linux on an old 486DX and have it do the job. Some people may advocate those little nickel and dime Linksys routers, but why spend $80 on something when you can spend $0 and have to fiddle with it for hours or days. You don't really need either, unless you want all three of those machines to share the connection at the same time.

Cheers

Finegan