RE: Using dhcp on a home cable connection
/ect/network/interfaces need your network name....the crxxxx-x number @home
gave you.
As root, run dpkg-reconfigure etherconf. A text program starts, and you can
walk through to set up your eth0. When you get to hostname, type in your
crxxx number...right now it reads proginey, then exit and run
/etc/init.d/networking restart
Also, edit /etc/dhclient.conf so that the only (uncommented) lines are:
interface "eth0" {
send host-name "crXXXXX-Y";
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan O'Connor [mailto:brendan642@angelfire.com]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:21 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Cc: brendan642@angelfire.com
Subject: Using dhcp on a home cable connection
I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf
from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the internet isn't working at
all.
When I run pump, I get a looooong pause, and "Operation failed." with no
further explanation. So I removed pump and installed dhcp-client. (Using
the Progeny 1.0 versions, only slightly more updated than potato, I
believe.) The dhcp-client script at both startup and run later from
/etc/init.d/dhcp-client produces no output and seems to do nothing.
I have very little in /etc/network/interfaces, but isn't the dhcp protocol
supposed to retrieve stuff like nameservers and gateways in addition to your
IP address? In that case, what stuff needs to be in /etc/dhclient.conf,
versus the "traditional" config files (resolv.conf, interfaces)?
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!!!
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Here's my config stuff:
progeny:/etc# netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR
Flg
eth0 1500 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 0 1
BRU
eth0: 1500 0 - no statistics available - BRU
lo 3924 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
LRU
progeny:/etc# netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
192.5.5.213 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
progeny:/etc# cat network/interfaces
### etherconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT.
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
auto lo eth0
# The loopback interface
iface lo inet loopback
# The ethernet interface, configured by etherconf
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname progeny
### END OF DEBCONF AREA. PLACE YOUR EDITS BELOW; THEY WILL BE PRESERVED.
### pppconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT.
### END OF DEBCONF AREA. PLACE YOUR EDITS BELOW; THEY WILL BE PRESERVED.
--- Brendan
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