Re: DHCP problems with cable modem
On Sat, 2001-09-29 at 19:56, Andrew Robertson wrote:
> Hi. I just installed Debian last night on my system,
> and everything works great except the network. I have
> a cable modem, and the DHCP server requires that I
> send in my hostname with my request. So far, I have
> tried (and failed at using):
> 1) using pump to explicitly define my hostname
> 2) using dhcpcd to define my hostname
> 3) automatic configuration with dbootstrap
>
> I had problems with this before in Linux (I previously
> used suse, but switched for moral and ethical reasons,
> plus they have been getting shady lately), but the
> command dhcpcd -h XXXXXXXXX eth0 (where
> XXXXXXXXX is my hostname) seemed to fix it. Please,
> if anybody has any idea how this problem could be
> solved I would be very appreciative. Thanks!!!!
You need to add something like this in /etc/network/interfaces for your
dhcp interface:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname your-host-name
and the ifup tools should do it automagically.
--mike
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