[H-GEN] optus at home cable setup troubles

[Douglas C]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:43:35 +1000
Michael Anthon <michael at anthon.net> wrote:

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> >             I'm trying to set up a linux box for optus at home cable 
> > connection, using a stock redhat 7.3 box. As far as I am aware from 
> > reading several websites, all that I need to do is set the interface 
> > (eth1 in this case) to dhcp at boot up. This is not working for me. I've 
> > also tried ifdown eth1 follwoed by /sbin/dhcpcd -d eth1 at the command 
> > line, but it just times out. the connection was also tested initially 
> > with a windows box and worked and the modem was reset when changing to 
> > the linux box. I've also tried switching cables. It seems something 
> > simple is missing, but I don't know what. Any help would be appreciated,
> 
> I have a debian (powerpc) box hooked up to optus cable.  During the initial
> configuration I had a similar problem in that no matter what I did I
> couldn't get a lease.  Comparing notes with someone else who had the same
> setup working I discovered the only difference seemed to be that he was
> using dhclient (the ISC one) while I was using pump.  I uninstalled pump and
> isntalled dhclient and it all started working..... go figure.
> 
> Cheers
> Michael
> 
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`pump -i eth0` *pump*, `dhcpcd eth0` *dhcpcd* and `dhclient eth0` *dhcp-client*
work for me in Debian, no MAC/Hostname/etc is needed, daemon mode is assumed and
they all work with ifup/ifdown and Optusnet Cable.

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Douglas C (Chexsum)
chexsum at optusnet.com.au
http://activated.d2g.com
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