Hi,
Linux should work just fine for you with DHCP served off a NT box.
A slightly funny thing that I ran into when setting up a Linux box as a LAN
gateway was that "pump" (the DHCP client) tries to do a reverse lookup while
picking the IP address from the server. While there are times when it picks
the IP addr & works just fine, on many occasions it fails.
The workaround I use is to run "pump -h <hostname> -i <interface>".
-Avinash
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Amol Gokhale wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just got myself a cable internet connection from Incable. This is how
> things work on Windows. I need to do this on Linux.
>
> When the cable modem is switched on it connects to the Incable servers at
> Andheri, MIDC. There it is assigned an ip address through DHCP through the
> server running Winnt 4.0. This ip is then assigned to the NIC on your
> machine & you can then start surfing the net because the browser
> automatically takes the settings from the Incable proxy. Now how do I
> replicate this on Linux.
>
> We have a hub installed for our building. We are going to share this cable
> modem for my building. How do I go about doing this?
>
> One way would be to install another NIC on the machine which is connected to
> the cable modem. Connect the NIC to the HUB. Will this work?
>
> Will Linux accept a dynamic ip from a DHCP server running on NT?
>
> I know that we discourage more than 1 question on the list per mail, but I
> suppose an exception can be made this time.
>
> TIA
> Amol Gokhale
>
>
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