activate box

[wullboy]

I`m trying to activate a spider 5000sd box, when i go to the network, andto get the ip address of the box... i leave it on auto, reboot the box, i go back in but nothing is showing, is this correct, putting the network on manual, i can put all the nessesary inputs in there fields and then it will sit there showing me the inputs i have just put in, but like i said, in auto it shows nothing, am i right in saying this is correct, as i cannot get the box to fire, also in putting my service file into the box with the usb stick, what should i save it at... server. or should it be server.cfg,or server.cfg.txt as i have been getting an error, sitting in the usb data base is a softcam file & and a file called SERVER, i am at a lost just now...thanks