On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 05:15:42PM -0500, Jay Wineinger wrote:
> I just got my att cable today and Im having some problems getting an IP
> via dhcp.  I managed to steal on by assigning it statically, but as of
> now, my system hangs when trying to configure the interface
> automatically.  Are there any special settings i need to change to make
> this work? (windows has no problem getting an ip)

Your dhcp client is probably using too short a ttl (time to live) on the
dhcp request.  This was a problem with dhclient and pump when AT&T
changed their network topology.  Check the archives for a patch that
fixes dhclient.  

Another option might be to write a firewall rule to change the ttl on
dhcp packets.  That would mean you don't have to patch any software.

Nate