[lug] new to BLUG, Hello, @Home setup

[Harris, James]

If that doesn't work, you might consider putting a sniffer on the interface
and see if you are getting any replies to your discovery/request packet
(watch the conversation, or lack thereof -- you could maybe crank up the
verbosity of debugging the client and send it to us to look at too.)  You
might try removing the IP cache for your dhcp client so that your machine
initially does a discovery and not a request.

If you need a sniffer, my favorite is at http://www.ethereal.com/

... a good ol' shot in the dark...

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hernandez [mailto:John.Hernandez at noaa.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 15:51
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] new to BLUG, Hello, @Home setup


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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