Use the DHCP in Red Hat, or use static IP's.... trashing the XP machines
would be a good start too ! :)

"thudd" <goose1@cox-interne.com> wrote in message
news:vvs99ifnmcvt90@corp.supernews.com...
> windows xp has auto IP addressing if no DHCP server is found. If I hook
two
> computers to a hub and install linux on each, does linux have auto ip
> addressing like xp or will I have to do static IP addressing? Using linux
> redhat 9.
>
>