Re[2]: [KLUG Members] chartermi cable

[Kevin DeGraaf]

> It's needed on my comcast@home cable connection... which is why I
> brought it up.  Without that, I don't get a response from their DHCP
> server.  It appears that they reference the Nic's MAC, hostname and
> Cable modem address each time I try to hit thier DHCP server, because
> if any one of those changes, no DHCP responses are returned.

To add my anecdotal two cents to the pile: I had AT&T @Home service this
summer, and hostname authentication was mandatory.  It took a while to
figure that out; I wish @Home, even though they don't officially support
real operating systems, would have put up a Linux page somewhere
explaining that hostnames were necessary.

In any event, I've never used dhclient, and I hate pump (it's lacking in
features and has a useless name), but I am a big fan of dhcpcd.  Comes by
default with Slackware (the distro everyone should be using), and allows
you to specify your assigned hostname with the '-h' flag while allowing
you to leave your "real" hostname set to anything you jolly well please.

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Kevin DeGraaf
http://www.kevindegraaf.net/