On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 02:27:51PM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> "Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> > When he said it was ready, I "ifup'ed"
> > the interface and a couple seconds later was pleased to see "obtaining
> > information for eth0" followed by "[OK]". He was impressed (and surprised,
> > I think he thought it would be trouble and it was a peice of cake).
> Am I correct in assuming that all you did was set eth0 to use DHCP then, no other
> configs anywhere to comply with their stupid network crap?
Correct.
Originally, this was a RedHat 6.2 system and it was a bit more
complicated, mostly because the default dhcp client was pump. That
cause more problems than anything else, mostly with renewing links.
Now I'm on RedHat 7.3 and the default is dhcpcd and it works like a
charm. Just specify dhcp as the boot protocol and a way you go.
OH! One other "gotcha", if you are like me with other interfaces.
You have to set "PEERDNS=no" if you don't want it to screw with your
DNS setup... If all you have is the broadband (I also have 4 ISDN BRI's
which route static IP addresses at a lower speed) then you don't need
that. Unfortunately, I didn't WANT to use their DNS servers or search
attbi.com for my domain resolutions... :-)
> > This is down in Atlanta Georgia, formery Media One, formerly
> > Wometco, formerly Gwinnett Cable. You're milage may vary in your
> > location. :-/
> Can the list be any longer? At least here it's just TCI, then AT&T...
AT&T itself varies depending upon what infrastructure they
have purchased. AT&T down here may be very different from AT&T
somewhere else. The list may be short, but the gotcha may surprise you.
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