pump won't work with RoadRunner :( Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist.com 952-368-3278 x396 fax 952-368-3255 |-----Original Message----- |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Andy Zbikowski |(Zibby) |Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:59 AM |To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org |Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Roadrunner cable & DHCP | | |If you are in Time Warner land you shouldn't have to do anything. Potato |uses the dhcpcd package (DHCP Client Daemon) Progeny/Woody/Sid use |dhcp-client package. By default, you'll get pump, which has a tendency to |freak out on renewing the DHCP lease. Hopefully pump has been fixed, but |I'm sticking with the dhcp-client. | |If you're in AT&T land you'll have to give them the Hardware (MAC) address |of your NIC before you can get online. Time Warner just uses the cable |modem itself for auth and whatnot and avoids this step. | |TimeWarner will give you 5 ips, AT&T 1. Even if you have Time Warner I |suggest going with a NAT box as their DHCP servers have been somewhat |flakey in the past. (I think this has greatly improved, but I like having |the NAT/Firewall box there.) | |Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org |"We can learn much more from wise words, little |from wisecracks and less from wise guys." |--William Arthur Ward | | |_______________________________________________ |tclug-list mailing list |tclug-list at mn-linux.org |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list |