I guess I should have specified AT&T@home as they have gone to DHCP, but
either way tech support and I tried those numbers with no success.

Jerry

When I opened my mail I noticed that you wrote:
>I have been running multi boot with Cox@home since the day I got it. First
>I had NT4 Server and Win98SE2 and now 2000 SERVER and 98SE2.  I have
>another PC with 2000 PRO and 98 SE2 all hooked up to a Netgear Router,
>although I previously ran the Servers as a ICS NAT server.
>A dual boot has nothing to do with your Cox@home service and will make no
>difference whatsoever as to your Internet connection.
>
>When you set up the NIC for  2000  you must plug the COX@home DNS numbers
>in...I suspect that is the source of your problem.
>
>Go  to control panel....Network and Dial up connections, select your
>NIC....select Properties...select Internet Protocol TCP/IP....select
>properties....put a check in the Use following DNS numbers...and put in the
>DNS numbers  COX provided you with.
>
>Rode
>The NOSPIN Group
>
>
>
>
>
>>I have been operating with Win 98 and decided to migrate to Windows 2000
>>Professional. I partitioned my hard drive and installed 2000 on the second
>>partition as a dual boot.  All went well until I tried to connect to the
>>Internet. I couldn't!  A call to @home support and trying different things,
>>including being escalated to a Level 2 technician, resulted in a suggestion
>>to reinstall 2000. Since I hadn't installed any other programs I figured I
>>had nothing, except time, to loose. I cleaned the partition, reinstalled,
>>and still no connect. A second call and a second escalation. This time the
>>tech said "@home doesn't support dual boot and they have never been able to
>>get one to work."
>>
>>Has anyone out there had any luck with a Win 98/2000 dual boot on a cable
>>service?  Any tips?
>>Jerry

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