Which dhcp client are you using? You probably have an att assigned computer name, ie c1052343-b.
If using pump, try "pump -h c1052343-b -i eth0", which sends the hostname to the dhcp server. If this fails to give you an ip address, look in /var/log/daemon.log (for debian) to see why it failed. If you don't use pump, look on the manual page for your dhcp client to see how to specify the interface and the hostname. You can also try calling at&t support. I've found them amiable toward my using linux, however I wouldn't expect them to be able to help you. They will have all of your assigned information. With the configuration as it is below, what happens when you ping: 12.255.128.33 and 12.255.128.1? If your configuration has changed since then, post the results and your current 'route -n' and 'ifconfig' Routing 101 would help anyone messing with networks. There is plenty of online documentation and tutorials that can help with this. Cory btw, I am on digest mode (midnight delivery). On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:36:42PM -0800, Horst Lueck wrote: > Mandrake 8.1; RCA 'Broadband' modem w/o obvious model#, CAT5-to-NIC > > To those of you who went to Portland last night instead of coming to the > clinic: I recently got ATT cable; the service guy got it all running on my > Win98 partition, but w/o leaving any documentation. The only info I found > is from the win registry (attached at bottom). > My mdk 8.1 ran fine last night on the "Emerald Network"(thanks to bobVP > and Cory) with static IP using the same (and only NIC). Now, over my cable > modem (trying various settings) I was not able to get configured as DHCP > client (it fails pretty fast w/o long search). > The local IP I got from ATT remained the same from the beginning on > though I had my machine turned off for more than 1 day. I can even ping my > NIC under windos with the cable modem power turned off. > So I tried to make a static connection using the data I pulled out of the > win-registry (gateway and dns). That failed too. Interestingly again, when > I use my dialup modem to ssh to efn and then ping 'my ATT IP' from efn > shell I get a quick positive response --even if my cable modem power is > turned off!? (I can also ping some other ATT clients in the same subnet, > but not all within the subnet, so I conclude that ATT's response is > *somewhat* reasonable) > So what does ATT do with my to-and-from IP packets ??? > - or do I need to take a class in routing 101 ? ... or in gatewading? > > Since kbob alway askes for 'route -n' and 'ifconfig' I have attached a few > clips. > > I am ready to pull my hair ... the little bit that's left! > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > --------- route -n with working modem connection ------- > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 206.163.184.194 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > ppp0 > 12.255.128.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > 0.0.0.0 206.163.184.194 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > ppp0 > > --------- route -n with dysfunct eth0 ------------ > HL: I SET GATEWAY TO 12.255.128.1 SO THE ~.0 CAME FROM MDK: > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 12.255.128.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > 0.0.0.0 12.255.128.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > > ------------- ping with dysfunct eth0 --------------- > PING efn (206.163.176.5) from 12.255.128.33 : 56(84) bytes of data. > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (12.255.128.33): Destination Host Unreachable > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (12.255.128.33): Destination Host Unreachable > ... > --- efn ping statistics --- > 9 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, +6 errors, 100% packet loss > > ----------------- ifconfing with modem working -------- > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:55:05:F7:4D:A9 > inet addr:12.255.128.33 Bcast:12.255.129.255 > Mask:255.255.254.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:74466 (72.7 Kb) TX bytes:13656 (13.3 Kb) > Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd000 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:19472 (19.0 Kb) TX bytes:19472 (19.0 Kb) > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:206.163.180.72 P-t-P:206.163.184.194 > Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:459 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:696 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 > RX bytes:44463 (43.4 Kb) TX bytes:35520 (34.6 Kb) > > > --------------- win98 working ------------ > >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BroadJump\CFD\ProfileManager\Persist\ATT_Broadband\System\systemNICs\2] > "driverDesc"="Realtek RTL8029(AS) Ethernet Adapt" > "__TypedriverDesc"="0" > "ipAddress"="12.225.128.33" > "__TypeipAddress"="0" > "subnetMask"="255.255.254.0" > "__TypesubnetMask"="0" > "defaultGateway"="12.225.128.1" > "__TypedefaultGateway"="0" > "macAddress"="52-55-05-f7-4d-a9" > "__TypemacAddress"="0" > "isDHCPEnabled"="true" > "__TypeisDHCPEnabled"="3" > >"dnsServers"="204.127.198.4,63.240.76.4,204.127.198.4,63.240.76.4,204.127.198.4,63.240.76.4" > "__TypednsServers"="0" > > ----------------------------------------- >
