[lug] attbi @Home blues

[Nate Duehr]

RH 7.2 uses dhcpcd instead of pump -- pump tends to have some goofiness
about some things including lease expiration and other stuff that dhcpcd
does properly.

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Sanders" <sanders at MontanaLinux.Org>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [lug] attbi @Home blues


> I too had no luck with RH 6.2 and DHCP/Pump.  I ended up plugging in my RH
7.2
> box and off it went.  Haven't had the energy to figure it out.
>
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Rick Casey wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:39:37 -0700
> > From: Rick Casey <caseyh at colorado.edu>
> > Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] attbi @Home blues
> >
> > 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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