[CLUE-Tech] Linux on an @Home Cable Modem

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:26:22 -0600 Warren <warren at guano.org> wrote:

> Well, this is what I've been able to do so far.
> 
> It seems that 'pump', at least the version in a default install of
> RH6.2, does not work with @Home, even with the '-h <hostname>' flag.
> 
> 'dhcpcd' *does* work.  But, I still ran into a problem.
> 
> Basically, my setup is a multi-homed box with the internet-facing
> side
> dynamically assigned and the private-facing interface statically
> assigned.  I don't know how or why, but on bootup, the internal
> interface (the so-called static one) would get an address assigned
> from
> my internal dhcp server and the external interface would fail to
> come
> up.  Even if I attempted to correct it in the rc.local script, it
> would
> still fail on boot.  Once the machine was up and running, the
> scripts
> would work from the command line (ifdown & ifup).
> 
> The Coyote Linux boot disk, v1.30 - using dhcpcd - did not run into
> any
> problems and works with static or dynamic addressing.
> 
> None of this is a show-stopper, of course, but just be aware of some
> hoops you may have to jump through if you undertake the task
> yourself.

Don't know what your problem may be.  I'm on @home using dhcp and
never had a problem.  Originally my linux box was on a hub with
another box supplying the internet connection; now I'm using a router,
and I didn't have to make a single change to linux startup parameters.

-- 
Collins Richey
Denver Area
gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed