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Re: [PLUG] dhcp and comcast
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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:
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auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname #######-#
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## = 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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