Re: HELP, Shaw cable modem
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, John Maheu wrote:
> Having just had a cable modem installed on my home machine I
> find I can't telnet/ftp to most machines. I can't ftp to
> ftp.debian.org. I know my domainname is not
> correct, and the dnslookup is causing the problem. How can I fix this?
> How do I change my domainname on a debian system?
To configure shaw properly and fully in debian you need to use the
dhcpc-beta packages. Edit /etc/dhclient.conf and put something like:
send host-name "csxxxxxx-x";
Where the CS bit is your 'CS' number, this will be the name the install
tech gave to your windows setup.
A bit ago shaw was having a trouble with their DNS, they had names that
reverse resolved but did not forward resolve. If you got such an IP then I
suggest you phone and complain! You can check this by doing something
like:
host x.x.x.x.x
host <the name the above returned>
They sould return each other.
The dhcpcd package does not seem to send the right host name and I
couldn't figure out how to fix it.. It does work but you get the wrong IP
range..
You don't need to change your debian machines domain name..
Jason
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