[KLUG Members] chartermi cable

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>>Anyway, thanks for the opportunity to post. ;)
> So what fixed it?  Did pump work?
>I don't know. I called dhclient-2.2.x directly (not the wrapper), trimmed a
>lot of the stuff in the dhclient.conf file, and power cycled the cable
>modem. Pick any or all. ;)

Could be you were sending options they didn't understand,  or requiring
information they do not provide.  I'd guess trimming the config file fixed it. 

There are alot of dumb DHCP servers out and about in the world.  And in there
defense,  if I were building a DHCP server to support a horde of wild, woolly,
and unmaintained Win9x boxes,  I'd build as stupid a box as possible for fear of
confusing the clients that can't spell s-e-r-v-i-c-e-p-a-c-k.

>>Are you using DHCP hostname authentication when you config the DHCP client
>>on your machine?
>There is no hostname necessary. Cable modems are addressable, like set-top
>boxes; they know who you are without authentication. Or they can know, at
>least.

Yes, DSL "modems" are the same way.  But that doesn't stop DSL providers from
dreaming up bizzare (PPPoe, PPTP/ADSL) schemes for excersising some type of
phantasmal feeling of control over their network.