On Wednesday 28 November 2001 01:29 pm, you wrote:
> > Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after
> > trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my
> > cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to
> > obtain my ip address. Basically what happens after I stop and restart
> > the netowrk is getting the IP address fails. Any help with this would be
> > much appreciated.
>
> @home gave you an ID number. It's in the form of Cxxxxxxx-A. In windows
> this is the name of your computer (control panel -> network -> identity
> tab).
>
> In linux, set that as your host name, use dhcp, and your cable modem should
> fire right up.
>
> The easiest way to set the host name is to go into mandrake control center,
> then network->connection->configure.
>
> the only downside is your bash prompt will be [user@cxxxxxxx-a user]$,
> although there's surely ways to change that.
There's a still easier way to specify this.
Travel to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Edit your ifcfg-eth0 file to include (at the top) the line
DHCP_HOSTNAME=cx{your details here]-a
This worked fine for me, and avoids the silly hostname prompt.
--mapdock
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