[lug] attbi @Home blues

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 12-18 23:27, Rick Casey wrote:
> Thanks for this info on dhcpcd. Has sure helped.I think I do need to use
> it instead of pump. I found a good info source about it at
> www.scrounge.org/linux/dhcpcd.html
> 
> Unfortunately I'm getting 'operation failed' when I try to run dhcpcd;
> my syslog message about it says:
> 
>     Dec 18 22:40:19 C28665-A dhcpcd[1911]: timed out waiting for a valid
> DHCP server response
> 
> That looks like my old hostname address from the Excite at Home service.
> Cannot see where this is coming from; I cleared out the config info
> using control-panel and rebooted.
> 
> How does one clear out this hostname?
> Don't I a need at least a DHCP server IP to direct dhcpcd where to go?

No, you don't need a DHCP server IP. That's the whole point - if DHCP server
needs to be moved, clients won't miss a beat. It uses broadcast to find it.

It doesn't work in Windoze, either, right? What lights are on your cable
modem? I talked to a guy from CLUE who had similar problem (DHCP timing out)
and he ended up exchanging his modem for another. There was no traffic
lights before trying DHCP, but he could see them light up when he tried DHCP.

When you called them before, could they see your modem? 

It sounds to me like you might want to look outside your own software config
info if it doesn't work in Windoze, either. Pump worked easy as pie for me,
and it or dhcpcd should for you, too. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is
something else that's going to require a call to your favorite service
personnel. :/

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