Re: DHCP over cable

[francisco m neto <einstein@socrates.if.usp.br>]

» G. Crimp disse isso e eu digo aquilo:

> 	I need help setting up a dhcp client. I have recently been told by
> Shaw@home, my cable ISP, that they will be moving to an entirely dynamic
> setup from a hybrid dynamic/static one.  I tried setting up dhcpcd once
> several months ago when I suddenly found myself with no DNS.  They had
> changed the IPs of the servers, given to me as part of my static setup,
> without giving any notice.  I figured I would move to a dynamic
> configuration to avoid this in the future, but I couldn't get it to work. 
> Now I have no choice.
> 
> 	If anyone is connected via cable, especially if you are a Shaw
> customer (Vancouver, BC), I'd love to hear how you are setup.  Which dhcp
> client do you use (pump, dhcpcd, etc) ?  What does your configuration file
> look like ?

	Well, I'm not a shaw@home customer, but I use a cable ISP as well, and what I did to get it working was:

	1) Have the following lines in /etc/network/interfaces:

	iface lo inet loopback

	iface eth0 inet dhcp

	2) apt-get install dhcpcd

	And it worked fine.

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		francisco m neto