[linux-help] Re: Wichita-area Roadrunner & DHCP & DNS [under Linux]

[gLaNDix <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hmm, that is strange...  i use RR on slackware and all i had to do to get
it all up and working was type the command 'dhcpcd' and everything has
worked since...  i don't believe i even had to edit a config
file....  (except to tell it to use dhcp instead of my old static IP)...

wish i could be more help...

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Jerry wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:06:12 +4200
> From: Jerry <kannzas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Wichita-area Roadrunner  &  DHCP  &  DNS  [under
>     Linux]
> 
> Howdy!
> 
>    I've been helping a friend get introduced to Linux, who happens
> to have a high-speed cable internet connection through kscable.com,
> your local Roadrunner system.   So I've just joined this list from 
> NE Kansas, hoping to pick up some local knowledge.   RR's implementation 
> of  DHCP  etc.  differ from place to place, and I didn't find anything 
> about it on the ACLUG web page  (or elsewhere, specific to Wichita).
> 
> Fortunately, login is not required, so that just leaves DHCP.
> 
> The Debian potato (2.2r2) Linux base system installer--if one says
> "yes" to ethernet setup--puts in `pump' as the default DHCP client.
> The `pump -R' command gave (IIRC) the error message "operation failed."
> Replacing pump with dhcpcd resulted in success, except for DNS.   Of 
> course I explained how to put the numbers into /etc/resolv.conf, but 
> it should be done automatically.   I don't get much help from the 
> dhcpcd man page, except for the debug option `dhcpcd -d' which I'll
> suggest at the next opportunity.   (dhcpcd is version 1.3  Perhaps we 
> should go on to the third option (dhcpclient) & maybe get it right?)  
> If anyone knows the best solution, it would be not only helpful to us, 
> but a really good thing to have on aclug.org and circulated to the 
> appropriate Linux doc maintainers.  It seems particularly difficult to 
> find good *up to date* info on the many local Roadrunner systems.  
> 
> http://www.cox.com/kansas/cities/metrowichita/main.asp
> http://www.cox.com/kansas/RoadRunner/whatisit.htm
> 
> According to their reputation, I've advised not to even mention 
> Linux to the local RR people.  I don't suppose this would change at all, 
> now that Time-Warner is part of the AOL megaconglomerate?
> 
> To fill in some details:  The ethernet card, Linksys Etherfast LNE100TX
> version 4.1 came out August 2000 and requires the latest modules tulip.o &
> pci-scan.o   But this was no problem, once I'd downloaded the headers to match
> the potato default kernel and compiled whatever was the latest netdrivers.tgz
> package from  scyld.com .  (What a great site!)  
> Also of course when I said DNS wasn't working, I meant that my friend 
> reported 
> being able to get ping replies from faraway places, but only by number.
> 
>    Thanks for any info or suggestions,
>       Jerry by the Kaw
> 
>            8-))#
> 
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