Re: New installation - pump trouble

[Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong <masee@usa.net>]

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Lesage <dlesage@cam.org> writes:

    > Hi all.  I'm trying to install Potato to what will become my
    > ipchains server. I had previously installed Slink on this
    > computer, but managed to completely mangle my installation when
    > my old ISP switched to PPPOE. My new provider (Videotron) uses
    > DHCP for their cable modems, and I can get an address just fine
    > in Windows on a different computer.

Let me guess, you were on Sympatico HSE. :)  You can get pppoe to
work.  I've done it.  Had to.  Can't get cable where I am.

    > On my Potato box, different story. My Ethernet card seems to
    > work (3Com 3c509b, shows up in ifconfig), but it does not get an
    > IP address assigned on boot. Running :

    > pump -i eth0 -R

    > gets me an "Operation failed" error message, and no IP address.

    > Is there anything else I need to configure? I'd read the man
    > page, but since the installation has not completed, man does not
    > work yet.

    > I'm thinking of yanking out pump, and replacing it with dhcpcd.

I always used dhcpcd, and never had a problem, as long as you had a
new enough version of it.

Marshal

    > Any thoughts/ideas?

    > Thanks, Dan


    > -- Unsubscribe?  mail -s unsubscribe
    > debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null