Cable modem & DHCP (one minor problem)

[Mark Gelinas]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 02:12:06PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I have found a similar thing. I can't point you to a reference, but 
> apparently, mediaone's dhcp is a bit non-standard. 
> I found that once it builds its lease database, in /var/state/dhcp, it should 
> run reliably. 
> 

I've seen many discussions regarding MediaOne and problems getting Linux
talking to their DHCP servers.  In every case, it was a RedHat system,
and the user had 'pump' installed.  Replace pump with dhcpcd, reconfig
appropriately, and your problems will disappear.

MarkG

> On 7 Apr 2000, at 13:16, Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote:
> 
> > 
> > hey folks,
> > 
> > Finally! my cable modem has been installed.  Here's a quick synopsis of
> > my setup:
> > 
> > 	+ 3COM cable modem
> > 	+ SUN Sparc20 running RedHat 6.1 (configured as firewall)
> > 	+ 2 Pentium boxes behind the firewall as happy as can be
> > 
> > When MediaOne came out, we configured using a Win95 machine.  Once that
> > worked, I snagged the hardware address for the NIC and used it on the
> > Sparc20's 2nd interface:
> > 
> > 	ifconfig eth1 hw ether 11:22:33:44:55:66
> > 
> > The original Win95 machine is now off the network and powered off!
> > 
> > Here's the problem: DHCP acquisition fails 4 out of 5 times.
> > I have to bring up the interface several times before the IP is
> > finally received,
> > 
> > 	ifup eth1
> > 
> > I have also tried using `pump -i eth1` directly from the command line,
> > but get the same results.  The windows system is also very slow at
> > acquiring the IP, although I can't tell if it's just more leniant on the
> > timeouts.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > - Christoph
> 
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Associate Director
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org
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