The latest version of pump is also supposed to support the -h parameter. As
usual the man page has no concrete examples and I haven't been able to
figure it out. I used the dhcpcd settings (mods) found here,
http://members.home.net/jasonbrossa/Linux/, for a while but I have settled
for the permanent settings available here:
https://ms2.home.net/NetStatus/index.htm?viewonly=true.
Wayne Boaz, Network Analyst
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http://members.home.net/wayneboaz
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----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Knapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup in Linux-Mandrake 6.0
> I am not sure how your setup works, but for Rogers@home everyone is
> assigned a client id and in order to setup the network you need to run
> dhcpcd -h (put client id here). That is, you need to specify your
> computer name.
>
> daniel
>
> Rendus Maiman wrote:
> >
> > I had posted a message earlier, but I forgot to place a Subject. Only
one
> > person answered me, but it wasn't enough to get things going. Here's my
> > problem...
> >
> > I am subscribed with Videotron (Montreal, Quebec). I installed Linux on
its
> > own HD, I swap this one and another with Win95. When doing this, I enter
the
> > Bios, change HD detection and set PnP OS to no (I installed Linux this
way).
> >
> > During installation, I was prompted if I wanted to install networking. I
> > answered YES, specified my NIC as an NE2000 compatible (it's an SMC 1660
> > ISA), specified 0x340 for the io and 9 for the IRQ. At boot, it finds
eth0
> > information with this message...
> >
> > "NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 00 e0 29 35 f6 a8
> > eth0: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 9"
> >
> > ...but I then get a ...
> >
> > "Determining IP information for eth0... Operation Failed"
> >
> > I've tried everything I could find to set up the network, but nothing
does
> > it. I've looked through
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Cable-Modem.html
> > for anything that may help me, but I am missing something. And I thought
NT
> > Networking was a pain...
> >
> > If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it soo much. If I am missing some
info
> > that someone needs to decipher this, let me know and I'll post it.
Thanks
> > in advance,
> >
> > Rendus
> >
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