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

[Weqaar Ali Janjua <wxjanjua@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
   Well DHCP assigns u the name servers!, just make sure u have the correct 
entries in ur resolv.conf if u edit it manually...try nslookup....try using 
other DNS servers, put the following entries in ur resolv.conf:
nameserver 216.226.222.62
nameserver 209.198.244.2
If that does'nt work, ping some hostname and execute tcpdump just before it, 
save the output in a file and send it to me.
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Weqaar Ali Janjua
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WSU
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>===== Original Message From linux-help@xxxxxxxxx =====
>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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WSU
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