On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Dan Drake wrote: > Later this week, I'll be getting a cable modem installed (Time > Warner/Roadrunner/whatever) and I'm curious about the DHCP they use. I'm > pretty sure the tech will be clueless about setting up the cable modem with > Linux. > > I have a regular sort of DHCP client on my Debian box (I'm not sitting near > it right now, so I don't know exactly what package it has). Will that work? > Is there anything unusual about the DHCP system they use? I know Roadrunner > used to have a very strange login system, but they scrapped that, right? > > If it's any help, I used to have Qwest DSL and a Cisco 678, and my box > worked with getting an address from the 678 via DHCP. > > I just want to know the details ahead of time. Forewarned is forearmed and > all. > If you are currently running with a fully automatic setup, no changes should be necessary. I am running AT&T/RR (theoreticly, as it is what I ordered), and the Debian default works beautifully (I have even been able to do a net install over my link). -- Daniel Taylor