How the heck do you configure beos to work with a linksys router. I click enable dchp but it does not work. Is there anything I should fill in specifically for domain and host? Thanks for any help.

I need the model number. You don't mean a router actually is my guess. You might mean a cable modem or something like that. A router can be set up to switch based on mac layer through transport layer. What model do you have and how is it connected to what you want to connect to and what do you want to connect to?

Yes I mean a router. It is a Linksys BEFSR41 - EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch. Now explain to me how I would go about getting this to work with BeOS. I have no clue why dhcp does not work.

I have the same router. DHCP won't work with BeOS. You will have to set up networking manually. Make sure you have your network card installed properley, and manually enter: Gateway Subnet mask DNS servers and anything else... (can't remember, I'm in XP at this moment) The default gateway for this router is: 192.168.1.1 The default DNS server(s) are whatever your ISPs DNS servers are. Sorry I can't help you on this. You can find this information on the router page (see below). The default subnet mask is: 255.255.255.0 Your local IP address can be found at the linksys router page, which you can get by entering 192.168.1.1 and 'admin' as your password (no username) into a web browser. If you can't do this, the first computer is normally: 192.168.1.2 or sometimes it might be 192.168.1.100. You will probably need to boot into a different OS to find some of this info. DHCP will auto set up Linux or Windows.

Shame linksys and others are trying to sell something that is isn't. They are selling modems and relays and switches. A router is actually a network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. (NOT ON THE LINLSYS) Routers forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. (MAYBE TO SOME EXTENT)

My home LAN is connected to through the same router. I have a recently purchased copy of BeOS 5 Pro on one of the machines, and the network configured automatically and correctly after I went preferences, settings, "obtain settings automatically (DHCP)." I do not have 5.0.x yet, just the basic 5 Pro. With all due respect, I can't understand jefro's compaint about this device not being a router. I think most people would define a router as a device that handles address translation between connected subnets (for example, between my LAN and the internet). That is exactly what the linksys does. In any case, whatever this device should be called, it gives d--n good value.

You WANT to get the updates 1 and 3. Install the 1 and then the 3 to make a R5.03 install. Otherwise your beos IP stack is wide open to hacking. With a high speed modem someone is sure to peek and poke into your files or worse. My complaint is that compainies are (for example) selling a Lexus and offering a Tonka. That is what makes me mad. A router must by it's name actually "route" something. What they are selling doesn't do more than a smart switch at best. To confuse the name would confuse young people who might go into a tech field and then find they don't know what the heck they are talking about. I just say be precise or close to that. Mean ain't I? :)