[lug] DHCP?? was new to BLUG, Hello, @Home setup

[John Starkey]

Ok. So what's the advantage of DHCP? The only one I've heard from a general user
standpoint is Security.

I know from the admin's perspective it'll free any unused addys.

To me it's just a pain since I need my files remotely.


Thanks,

John



John Hernandez wrote:

> I think your reasons are valid for wanting to use DHCP.
>
> If using dhcpcd:
>
> /sbin/dhcpcd -h C1234567-A ...
>
> If using pump:
>
> /sbin/pump -h C1234567-A ...
>
> where C1234567-A is that silly ID given to you by the cable company.
>
> That should do it.  No need to actually use their hostname.domain.
>
> John Starkey wrote:
> >
> > Yeah I wasn't gonna bring that up. But why are you worrying about DHCP?
> >
> > Shannon Johnston wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know if this is a big help but on my @Home service even if you're
> > > pulling an address from the DHCP server, it comes up the same every time.
> > > I've just set that static IP address in the ifcfg-eth0 file and I'm good
> > > to go.
> > > Do you know if it's pushing through a different IP everythime you power
> > > up?
> > >
> > > Shannon Johnston
> > >
> > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, John Starkey wrote:
> > >
> > > > Welcome David.
> > > >
> > > > There is a HOWTO at www.linuxdoc.org . I can't help you with @Home and
> > > > DHCP, some other member's can, I'm sure. But I thought I'd atleast let
> > > > you know about this doc. I think it's appropriately called "Cable-modem"
> > > > or something similar.
> > > >
> > > > Also Richard from the Linux Newbie list at rutgers created a HOWTO for
> > > > his ISP in Europe. I could probably look it up for you if the General
> > > > HOWTO doesn't help. It's been a year though. A quick search thru the
> > > > geocrawler archives for that list should turn up a hit.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck,
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > "Holshouser, David" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm new to the area and to BLUG.
> > > > > Thanks for being here. My last LUG was always very helpful
> > > > > and I look forward to working, volunteering, and learning
> > > > > with you in the future.
> > > > >
> > > > > For now, I'm trying to get a box up on @Home that I've had on cable
> > > > > in NC for a year or so with RoadRunner.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've searched the archives and can't find a simple explanation or
> > > > > how-to, so I'm guessing that means there is nothing special to do
> > > > > for @Home. Unfortunately I haven't received any response from their
> > > > > dhcp server and can't get any connectivity.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've heard that you must set the name to whatever they assign you.
> > > > > Is there any other setup 'stuff' that I need to know?
> > > > > A simple list of things to do on an external web page would
> > > > > serve me fine.
> > > > > Must I empty my resolv.conf for dhcp to work? What about netmask?
> > > > > Shouldn't dhcp reset all of that for me?
> > > > >
> > > > > Windoze works everytime, reboot to linux and nothing.
> > > > > Again, it's been up with RR for a while.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > David Holshouser
> > > > > Engineer I
> > > > > Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
> > > > > (303)939-5085  dholshou at ball.com
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