[wplug] Re: dhcp on @home

[David Tessitor]

But will it send the name assigned by the ISP as when using "dhcpcd -h <name>
ethX"?  @home needs to receive the name and that seems to be what is missing.  Is
there something  comparable to the "-h" with pump?

Robert Dale wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, David Tessitor wrote:
>
> > I put OpenBSD on one via an ftp install.  Downloading from PennState  took 7
> > minutes, 47 seconds over home cable.  (For some reason, OpenBSD has no trouble
> > automatically dhcping @home but I still haven't gotten any Linux on any
> > machine to do it automatically yet, though I can do it in Linux OK using a
> > term window.)
>
> If you're using Redhat, you can edit the config for your ethernet device
> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?
>
> Simply, set BOOTPROTO=dhcp and remove all other lines with IPs in them.
>
> It uses pump instead of dhcpcd.
>
> --
> Robert Dale
>
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