On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Paul Haesler wrote: > > > > > Isnt this assuming that the internet connection uses ppp? > > Cablemodem, for instance, doesnt use ppp at all - a fact that seems to > > have escaped the maintainer of the dhcpcd package too. How would one > > solve this problem in the case of cablemodem? > > Cable uses an ethernet interface - check out the debian commands > ifup and ifdown and the config file /etc/network/interfaces - in > particular the pre-up and post-down fields. > Thanks - I will.
> You shouldn't need dhcpd for cable - dhclient is sufficient. Is this a typo? I wrote dhcpcd - which is the client daemon - rather than dhcpd which is the server daemon. Or are you saying that dhclient is better than dhcpcd? > > Don't be scared by cable companies calling their IP addresses > "dynamic". The fact is that DHCP allocates IP addresses based > on a hash of your MAC address. As long as your box is up most > of the time (and with Linux why wouldn't it be) you're IP address > won't change. I've had the same IP address since I was connected > 3 months ago. Before that I was with another cable provider for > 4 months - again same IP address the whole time. > Good info. Thanks, Jor-el
