I think lo is the loopback interface (a virtual interface for the
machine to talk to itself) and not a physical device eth0 is the first
ethernet device. ppp0 the first ppp device and so on.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corbett J. Klempay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] dhcpcd weirdness
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
>
> > "Corbett J. Klempay" wrote:
> > >
> > I don't know if MandrakeSoft included the updated pump in their 6.1
> > release or not, but I recall seeing 6.0-era messages about
> the original
> > pump not working with MS-DHCP. Might want to check for updated
> > packages.
> >
>
> Thanks, I will check. A related question...I went into
> linuxconf and told
> it to set my network device (it is named lo in this case, not
> eth0...anyone able to explain when it's lo and when it's eth0? I'm
> guessing it has to do with this being an pcmcia card vs. a
> regular NIC,
> right?) so that it uses DHCP on boot to get its IP. However, it will
> always fail on boot (even when I am on my cable modem, where manual
> works), since it tries to acquire via DHCP *before* the
> pcmcia stuff is
> loaded...it obviously must be the other way around in order
> for the NIC to
> even be available to get the IP. How do I fix this?
>
> > Oh, and dhcpd has been deprecated by the use of pump for address
> > reception.
> >
>
> Ah ok...I remembered seeing pump in RH as well. Anyone know
> why pump >
> dhcpcd?
>
> Thanks!
>
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