[lug] attbi @Home blues

[Jeff Howell]

I've found dhcpcd to work better with att's service than pump. You
probably want to let it overwrite your /etc/resolv.conf as the new att
network is a completely different network 12.x.x.x and has different
nameservers.

On my machine, a slackware 8 box, a simply executing dhcpcd with no
arguments got me up and running. RedHat also installs dhcpd. You can
force it to use dhcpcd rather than pump by taking the executable bit off
the pump executable: chmod 644 /sbin/pump should do the trick.

reguards,
Jeff


On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 18:39, Rick Casey wrote:
> I'm a victim of the recent ATT "migration" of their Excite at Home
> customers to their attbi network. Effectively I've had no connection
> since Dec 1, and hope to find some help here. I won't get started on
> how lame ATT's "customer service" has been; they seem incapable of
> providing the few crucial pieces of technical info for configuring
> TCP/IP in Windoz since the migration. I have a dual booted machine,
> but haven't been able to connect using M$ Windoz or Linux.
> 
> I've scoured the past BLUG mail archives, and the Linux How-To on
> cable modem setup, but nothing seems to be quite current or local
> enough for this current problem. The recent thread here about
> 'misconfigured BROADCAST addr' was close, but incomplete.
> 
> Can anyone help me with the entire Network configuration in RH 6.2
> Linux (upgrading soon to 7.0), i.e. the eth0 interface, gateway, etc.?
> 
> I'm sure this is a simple problem for some on this list. What I don't
> understand is how Windoz can use DHCP to get an IP address when the
> only info it has is a Workgroup name of attbi.com? In Linux you must
> put in *some* IP address in that eth0 interface.
> 
> Appreciate any help; hopefully some others out there are in this boat,
> and would benefit from this thread.
> 
> --Rick Casey
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