>From: "James C. Bevier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James C. Bevier)
>Subject: pump vs dhcpcd
>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:56:40 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Hello all,
>
>I just started using a cable modem that requires me to use
>DHCP to get an ip address. I started with the basic pump
>that is installed on RH 6.2 and is started from ifup. It
>receives an address of xxx.xxx.68.118. I read on the list
>that dhcpcd was better, so I made the changes to ifup and
>ifdown to start dhcpcd instead. Dhcpcd gets an address of
>xxx.xxx.68.117. How can this be? Can someone explain this?
>Pump always gets the .118 and dhcpcd always gets .117 if I
>switch back and forth.
>
>The second problem is that if I restart the network or the
>eth0 interface, I get an address of 10.x.x.x and nothing
>works. I must shutdown my system/cable modem (3Com 3CR29220)
>and restart. Any ideas here? I think this is the address
>for the modem and not me.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jim Bevier
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
The only advantage to DHCPCD that I know of is it allows you to run scripts
after it receives a new IP (i.e. firewall scripts). The 10.x.x.x is by
definition a private IP and shouldn't be for the cable modem. It sounds like
pump/dhcpcd is not running when you restart the network and the NIC is
assigned a default IP (10.x.x.x).
My experience with cable modems and DSL is that the IP you receive should
stay the same unless you shutdown for long periods of time. I always ran
pump without any problems.
No clue on the different IPs for the different DHCP clients, though.
Good Luck!
Kevin
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