Geoff Rivell on Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:30:19 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] dhcp and comcast


On Wednesday January 23 2002 9:59, Tim Peeler wrote:

> I use dhclient from woody.  The only problem I've ever had in getting
> a lease is when I don't send what comcast/@HOME expects to be my
> hostname (something like: cn337391-v).  Ohh, there is another thing,
> I've never gotten pump to work with comcast.  Try one of the other
> dhcp implimentations for your system.

I use pump from SID.  Here's how my /etc/network/interfaces looks like:


------

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet dhcp
      hostname #######-#

------

## = comcast user ID.


It seems to require a reboot for every time I do ifdown eth0 ; if up eth0.
It just can't find it if I do that.  Works perfect upon reboot.

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