Help Please: How to connect to a cable modem?

Here's the deal: I'm getting a new iBook tomorrow I'd like to get an advance sense of what I'll have to do to get it connected to the cable modem that I'm using with my current Digital Audio G4.
Will the iBook self-configure if I have have it connected to the cable modem when it first starts up, or do I need to record the TCP/IP stuff from the G4 for use with the iBook?
Thanks for your help.

Hi Paul,
If you have a firewire cable, that will work. Just start your G4 up in target disk mode. If you don't have one just connect the two with an ethernet patch cable. Unplug it from the modem and plug it into the iBook then turn on file sharing on both machines. On the iBook select Go>Connect to Server and click on Browse. Double click on the G4 and enter your user name and password (if needed).
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