[olug] cox at home setup

[kaygee]

Phil,
Thanks for clearing that up.  I'd like to pose another question.  Has
anyone on the list had any problems with just assigning a static IP to
your eth0 (outside) interface?  If it works continually using a static IP
I'll probably not fix what ain't broke, but if people have noticed
problems with that send an email or speak to me tomorrow at the meeting.
Thanks for the help.

Keith
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Phil Brutsche wrote:

> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> 
> > Right,
> > Using dhcp on the external interface would be easier if it worked.  I
> > tried using pump to get the IP for my IP-Masq box from the Cox dhcp server
> > but it wouldn't work.  Eventually, I just gave up and went with static IP.
> > Does anyone know why pump doesn't work with Cox's dhcp server?  I just
> > assumed they were using a broken implementation of DHCP.
> 
> imo pump is broken for dhcp use.  It doesn't:
>  * allow the hostname to be sent in the dhcp request
>  * allow some pieces of info to be overridden
>  * allow an arbitrary script to run to do stuff like dynamic dns or update
>    /etc/resolv.conf or update /etc/hosts or ...
> 
> If you need a bootp client then pump is probably what you're looking for.
> 
> What @home requires to work is the correct hostname (ie cx340599-a or
> cx613323-a) to be sent in the DHCP request.  If the hostname isn't there
> you're not going to get a response (i think.  you definitely need the
> hostname to get a good response).  I use dhclient (an excellent dhcp
> client shipped with ISC's dhcp server software) with good results.
> 
> It should be in the dhcp rpm on the RedHat rpm (or the package dhcp-client
> for those Debian users among us :)
> 
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> Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch at creighton.edu
> 
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