RE: Networking - dhcp-client
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Barham [mailto:lizzy@soggytrousers.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:06 PM
> To: ajlakin@blueyonder.co.uk
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Networking - dhcp-client
>
>
> Alan writes:
>
> > Does anyone have any experience with this package / script. I
> > previously tried using the dchpcd but had to remove this to try out
> > etherconf. I am beginning to think that there is something
> > fundamently wrong with my setup, but what I don't know?
>
> Since you're using broadband, the problem may be in the upstream
> DHCP server. I encountered a problem when switching routers on our
> cable connection. Eventually I determined that the problem was due to
> some kind of security feature upstream that would not dole out an IP
> address to more than one machine on a node (behind a cable modem)
> within a certain time period, my guess being 24 hours:
>
> http://www.soggytrousers.net/tech/charter_cable_modem.shtml
>
> I finally figured it out after reading about other people having
> the same trouble and then mysteriously it started working. But, while
> trying to figure it out, I spent a lot of time watching the packets
> via tcpdump in an effort to determine what was going wrong.
>
> Anyway, I consider the dhcpcd program the best of its kind.
>
> Elizabeth
>
I apologize if I am coming in late on this (I missed the first message) and
it has already been discussed but here goes.
Typically IPs are doled out based on MAC address of the NIC so if you are
trying to connect two different machines, that would be a problem. Dual
booting a machine should not be a problem since the MAC address doesn't
change.
However, that being said, some DHCP server can be made to filter on
host-name as well. I know that when Cox was still @home, you had to have a
specific host name configured before receiving an IP address. Some providers
may still filter on the host name, so if you are using a different host
name/MAC address combination between Windows and Linux, that could be an
issue.
My suggestion, if you have the funds available is to install an inexpensive
D-Link, Linksys, etc. cable router. It gets your external IP from the
provider and keeps it, and you can do whatever you want behind it.
Barry deFreese
Technology Services Manager
Nike Team Sports
(949)-616-4005
Barry.deFreese@nike.com
"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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