Well, I'm in the process of grabbing the dhcpcd package from Cooker. In
the mean time, I'm trying to hook up to an NT network, is there any more
info I'll need?
I changed the pump line in /sbin/ifup to include the -h option, but had
no luck.
- Theo
Axalon wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:
>
> > You might try to use the "-h" option on pump (to request a specific
> > hostname). Make sure you have the latest version of pump (0.6.7-2mdk I
> > believe). If so, you might want to try a different DHCP client (i.e.
> > dhcpcd).
> >
> > I believe the pump commandline for the hostname thing would be
> > pump -i eth0 -h $HOSTNAME
> > I hear (by way of Axalon) that some DHCP servers require the client to
> > specify a hostname.
> > "man dhcpcd" could tell you more, but it doesn't work on my system, and
> > the pump man page isn't very verbose on that subject (or any other).
> >
> > dhcpcd is available for download from:
> > http://www.cps.msu.edu/~dunham/out/dhcpcd-1.3.17-pl2.tar.gz (for
> > 2.2 kernels)
> >
> > -Matt
>
> Theres also an rpm in the cooker, http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker
