Simon Bolduc wrote:
>
> Lots of Cable providers need you to send a specific user name (Referred to
> as a Client ID where I am) when requesting an IP address. Generally within
> a MS box this would be your computer name - you should have received some
> documentation on this. You need to configure your dhclient to send this
> info to the ISP when requesting an IP address (this is supposed to ensure
> that you only get the # of IPs assigned to you and that you get the correct
> one - also if someone sets themselves static with an incorrect IP address it
> should be easily tracked). If you can't find this info - call RR and find
> out if you need it to get your IP address.
As additional info, if this is your case, look in /etc/dhclient.conf for
something like this:
send dhcp-client-identifier "CLIENT-FOO";
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