Re: att and cable modem
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On Saturday 18 May 2002 07:29 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:04, Deva Seetharam wrote:
> > hi all
> > i run debian kernel 2.4.18 on a ibm t22 notebook. i am trying
> > to connect to att cable-modem using the intel ethernet card.
> >
> > i have pump as the dhcp client. i dont have dhcp-client installed.
> >
> > my /etc/network/interfaces has the entry:
> > iface eth1 inet dhcp
> >
> > when i do a ifup eth1 or pump -i eth1, i get the message "operation
> > failed". (btw, i did register the mac address with att.)
> >
> > what could be wrong?
>
> Try dhcp-client. I couldn't get pump to work either, even
> though it worked fine when I used Mandrake.
Let me know if dhcp-client fails for you. There are several arguments you
can use to force the connection. I had a time getting Cox cable up and
running locally. Both utilities should work fine.
tatah
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